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‘US AND INDIA MUST CHECK CHINA’S ARSENAL BUILD-UP’
US expert claims China planning to use moon as military base

Iftikhar Gilani

Daily Times, February 22, 2009

NEW DELHI: A United States strategist on Saturday called for a greater Indo-US collaboration in defence and satellite technology to check China, which has gone overboard to sharpen its military arsenal.

Rick Fisher, senior fellow on Asian Military Affairs at the Washington-based International Assessment and Strategy Centre, raised concerns by giving a detailed presentation on China’s threat to the world and countries around it. Describing the Taliban and China as the greatest threats to world stability, he called on India and other world powers not to ignore evidences.

Speaking to a selected gathering of academics and strategists at the Observer Research Foundation, he claimed the Chinese International Department had remained in touch with the Taliban so much so that just ahead of the 9/11 attacks, Beijing was close to recognising the Taliban-rule in Afghanistan. He said the world had no choice but to plan countervailing capabilities and respond to the Chinese military build-up.

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