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United States Russia and India compete for the Indian Ocean.

addition has many allies in the Indian Ocean region, the The United States also draw more attention to other countries in the region, especially India, to form a military cooperation mechanism. The end of April this year, the U.S. Navy in the Arabian Sea and India launched the annual “Malabar” large-scale naval exercises.

between U.S. and India, “Malabar” series of exercises began in 1992, aimed at strengthening US-Indian military cooperation. Exercises in recent years, the United States and India both deployed aircraft carrier battle group, launched a large-scale exercises million people, including simulated air combat exercise more, air defense, ship defense, anti-submarine, surface-and ground-to-sea tactics are usually before exercise between the content of allies. The exercise area from the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal and gradually extended the west Pacific Ocean. Last year the exercise would be held in the waters near Okinawa, Japan.

Earlier, the US-India series of exercises have been invited to Singapore, Australia and Japan Self-Defense Forces in the Navy, and this year alone, the United States and India has chosen to exercise this, “Indian Express” has been pointed out that the more prominent because of the US-India the importance of the Indian Ocean. This statement is no exaggeration. For the U.S. to control the Indian Ocean to the implementation of U.S. global strategy is of crucial importance. From the perspective of terrorism, and now the Middle East, East Africa and Southeast Asia is an important refuge for terrorists, and the Indian Ocean just these three regions together, the United States control the Indian Ocean, makes it easier to transport anti-terrorism forces, sea cut off terrorist organizations communication channels, improve the efficiency of counter-terrorism. From the perspective of regional powers to curb the recent U.S. military stepped up pressure on Iran if the U.S. chose military means to resolve the Iranian nuclear issue, the Indian Ocean will be a great U.S. power projection area. From the point of view to prevent the rise of great powers, master of the Indian Ocean sea, Russia and China can act as a deterrent.

is a maritime country for admission to India, the Indian Ocean, not too much to describe how the importance of India as the Indian Ocean as always, “Indian Ocean.” India’s founding Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru once said: “India wants to become powerful in the land, we must first sea more.” 73% of India’s oil consumption to be imported, and its limited domestic oil production is also heavily dependent on offshore oil exploration. Indian Ocean oil routes in India’s economic lifeline. On the political front, India has actively seeking to become a world power, U.S. President Barack Obama’s visit to India in the publicly expressed support for India’s “permanent” is to seize power in India’s state of mind, cast out to India’s “carrot.” India scholars also believe that if not cross the Indian Ocean, India will never be more than the South Asian regional countries. India’s national strategy to achieve the goal, the Indian Navy in 2004, throws a new naval combat doctrine, the Indian Navy from a coastal defense strategy and “regional deterrence” thinking to “Ocean offensive” strategy, and to develop the “east, west , south, “the vision that full control of the Indian Ocean, east into the Pacific Ocean, west Atlantic, south Africa. And all of this realization is to fully control the Indian Ocean based.

acceleration in the rise of Asian powers, the situation in a rapidly changing world context, the Indian Ocean, which brought together 20 percent of global maritime trade and most of the energy, container transport, guarding the important from the Persian Gulf oil supply routes and Chinese exports to Europe and Asia, an important sea routes in the global pattern is becoming increasingly important.

a long time, the routes in the Atlantic and Indian Ocean, the Caribbean and Indian Ocean routes, routes in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean in the transit hub because of its “three-channel world, to seize” the strategic importance of the United States , NATO control. Now all the major countries began to increase in strength in the Indian Ocean. This has led to the vigilance of the United States. “Piracy is the main reason for this gathering States Navy, but an increasingly important channel in a voice on the great powers compete for the Indian Ocean is undoubtedly more important reasons.” United States “Washington Post,” a recent article said.

“Washington Post” with concern that, while from India, China, and Russia compete in the Indian Ocean “new partnership” is to alert from Somali pirates, but in the long run, they may both the allies, but it is also the opponent.

article quoted the U.S. Navy’s estimate that, despite U.S. and NATO forces still obvious advantages, but China, Russia, India, Japan, Korea and other countries has been increasing over the past two years was in the area forces. States Navy in the Indian Ocean on the big build to a certain extent reflects the major powers in world affairs to play a stronger role in the intent. “Washington Post” said, “those who are relative newcomers who will soon be on the U.S. military dominance in the region a challenge.”

In fact, with the continuous improvement of the strategic position of the Indian Ocean, the area has become a great power already is the default hot contention fact, the only difference is that “latecomers” to join probably will break the existing balance of power .

Russia strong south

However, the Indian Ocean as the world’s “transit point” location, and the guardian of the world’s energy lifeline of the strategic position of trade are determined There will not let the US-India dance “solo.” U.S. military played in India almost at the same time, by the Russian Navy’s Black Sea Fleet flagship – “Moscow” missile cruiser led task forces, to free the Russian Northern Fleet with “Peter the Great” nuclear-powered missile cruiser led task forces, also close to the Arabian Peninsula on the Indian Ocean held a large-scale military exercises at sea. As the main Russian naval warships, “Peter the Great” and “Moscow” was the “side by side attack” was deemed to show the world the Russian navy’s powerful attack force.

In fact, since Russian President Dmitry Medvedev publicly claim to restore the Russian Navy’s activities in the world, the Russian naval and air forces have continued to appear in the Indian Ocean. In addition to the Navy in the Indian Ocean continued to hold large-scale military exercises at sea, the Russian strategic bombers have resumed in the strategy over the Indian Ocean cruise. Meanwhile, Russia is also looking for opportunities to restore and to build outside the naval base, not only for the voyage of the Ocean to provide logistical supplies of Russian warships, but also to further expand outside Russia’s military presence in the Navy. Currently, Russia is actively exploring with the Yemeni port of the Russian Navy to use Yemen as well as the Permanent Mission of the Russian Navy the feasibility of Yemen Socotra archipelago. Socotra Island is located in the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden waters of the transfer, is the hub of the Indian Ocean to the Red Sea, directly suppressed Asia, Africa, Europe and across three continents transport channel, a unique strategic position. During the Cold War, the island of Socotra is the former Soviet Union was an important naval base in the Middle East. If the Russian Navy in Socotra Island was “foothold” in the Indian Ocean hit the power delivery capability will be significantly enhanced.

for Russia, do so behind the counter the U.S. flavor even more intense. Russian naval forces in the Indian Ocean swagger to Washington issued a clear signal that the United States, Russia can play the “game”, Russia will have the ability to have started in the Indian Ocean, including the “war on terror”, including any action to compete with the United States to counter the rise of the U.S. containment of Russia.

China wary of US-Indian movement

With China Sea fleet sent to the Gulf of Aden to escort and anti-piracy mission, the Chinese will be involved in a variety of Indian Ocean argument in the Western world continue to spread. This is the media in the United States and India was most evident on the U.S. “Washington Post” exclaimed the Chinese naval task force – most of the time to escort ships through the Gulf of Aden three ships – the country since the 15 century, the first time since Zheng He’s fleet into the region. U.S. Naval War College National Security Studies, Professor Nicholas Gewo Sijie Fu claimed: “The Indian Ocean is becoming a central route of China do not trust this critical link control in the hands of the U.S. Navy, wanted to make sure that they can use the channel. “

” Washington Post “said that China’s move to the United States is very vigilant, so alarmed India,” India has long been the Indian Ocean as its own backyard. ” The newspaper specifically said so, India is the occasion of the Western Naval Disarmament to create its own naval forces.

In fact, as early as in the Chinese navy in the Gulf of Aden to escort before the United States and India have embarked on a plan to step up the pace in the Indian Ocean, the two countries and their allies in the Asia-Pacific and the Western Pacific in the Indian Ocean’s exercise frequently, For China’s intent is clear.

the changing international situation and their own strategic needs of the United States and India from the Cold War era into the beginning of hostilities, the relationship quickly warming to the Obama visit to India to a small climax. For the United States, to enhance the strategic relationship with India will not only help the ongoing global war on terror, but also act as a “joint printing China” effect. Western China in order to prevent so-called “control of the Indian Ocean,” the U.S. and India together, have taken a lot of deterrence measures, the most obvious is the performance of military means.

India’s naval construction, “Deal or No Deal” effort to build “blue water navy” and aircraft carrier battle group. India for procurement of weapons of mass destruction is made up an excuse “to address the development of the Chinese navy.” The United States to strengthen the Indian Ocean region “ready access” capability. To this end, the expansion of the Western Pacific, the United States military base in Guam at the same time, increase the Indian Ocean “strategy Island” – the expansion of the island of Diego Garcia.

military containment, while the US-India also block China’s neighboring countries to win over the Indian Ocean. U.S. military experts believe that China’s current “into the” Indian Ocean’s main strategy is the development of cooperation between countries bordering the Indian Ocean. Therefore, the United States and India have taken the practice to win over the Indian Ocean coastal countries. In addition to the Maldives, the Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Southeast Asian countries have become the United States and India to draw the object, this trend particularly in the U.S. President and the Secretary of State recently in a series of remarks on the South China Sea and trip to Asia was most prominent.

American scholar of Robert Kaplan in the United States, “Foreign Affairs” magazine wrote that the Indian Ocean in the 21st century will be the great power game center stage, while the major powers in the Indian Ocean, the competition will become an international relations Great Game, a microcosm of how to deal with this situation, a new round of reshuffle in the global pattern of the upper hand, has become the core of the major powers struggle.