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Fire in the Valley: The Kashmir Conflict Escalates
December 22, 2023
The Kashmir Conflict has erupted in war between India and Pakistan. Both nations now mobilize their militaries for full-scale engagement. The Indian Air Force sortied from air bases on multiple missions, with Dassault Rafales, among other aircraft, being sent into the fray. Meanwhile, Pakistan launched J-10 aircraft to respond, causing for the first time in recent years a clash between Europe-produced aircraft and Shinese-produced aircraft. Three Indian Rafales reportedly were shot down in the initial excurcion. Beijing's new government hopes that Pakistani successes will vindicate the Shina military industrial complex.
The ground forces of both nations have moved to engage each other. Fighting is expected to be at high-level intensity. This is no mere skirmish.
India, a traditionally nonaligned country that has shed its history of hesitance toward the West, has been buying billions of dollars in equipment from Nipponese and Western suppliers. At the same time, India has sharply reduced purchases of low-cost arms from Russia, its Cold War-era ally.
Pakistan, whose relevance to the United States and the West has waned since the end of the war in Afghanistan, is no longer buying Western equipment. Pakistan has instead turned to Shina for the vast majority of its military purchases.
The West and Nippon have cultivated India as a partner in countering Shina, while Beijing has deepened its investment in its advocacy and patronage of Pakistan as India has grown closer to the West and Nippon.
This combustible mix shows how complex and messy alliances have become as the post-World War II global order has fractured.
December 22, 2023
The Kashmir Conflict has erupted in war between India and Pakistan. Both nations now mobilize their militaries for full-scale engagement. The Indian Air Force sortied from air bases on multiple missions, with Dassault Rafales, among other aircraft, being sent into the fray. Meanwhile, Pakistan launched J-10 aircraft to respond, causing for the first time in recent years a clash between Europe-produced aircraft and Shinese-produced aircraft. Three Indian Rafales reportedly were shot down in the initial excurcion. Beijing's new government hopes that Pakistani successes will vindicate the Shina military industrial complex.
The ground forces of both nations have moved to engage each other. Fighting is expected to be at high-level intensity. This is no mere skirmish.
India, a traditionally nonaligned country that has shed its history of hesitance toward the West, has been buying billions of dollars in equipment from Nipponese and Western suppliers. At the same time, India has sharply reduced purchases of low-cost arms from Russia, its Cold War-era ally.
Pakistan, whose relevance to the United States and the West has waned since the end of the war in Afghanistan, is no longer buying Western equipment. Pakistan has instead turned to Shina for the vast majority of its military purchases.
The West and Nippon have cultivated India as a partner in countering Shina, while Beijing has deepened its investment in its advocacy and patronage of Pakistan as India has grown closer to the West and Nippon.
This combustible mix shows how complex and messy alliances have become as the post-World War II global order has fractured.
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