It is not only the CPEC that
has disturbed the south bloc, but also it is the coming into prominence of
Pakistan, internationally, that has perturbed India. The corridor is actually
the culminating superhighway of the new silk route. The Pak Day Parade 2015 was
the point which created a panic in the Indian minds and they presumed that
beyond this, Pakistan if allowed to proceed, then India will never have a role
in the region to play. The visit of Chinese premier has furthered their worries
which are to be wedged.
India was planning the comprehensive paralysis of Pakistan since early 90s. The
news was leaked about an actual operation which was conducted as a trial of KALI
weapon system, through which 134 Pak soldiers were buried by an artificially
created snow blizzard and glacier breakup. This was the demonstration that India
has mastered the use of microwave based DEW (direct energy weapons). The other
area where Indian DRDO, Bhabha Complex, RAW and other organizations and
scientific affiliates have reached is the excellence in the weaponized use of
laser technology. This can be used from thousands of miles to pulverize a
mountain into mole. The cordial relations between India and Lithuania since 1985
have something to do with it.
This is no small development. A new technological asymmetry is in the making.
India has a secret program to control the Monsoon so that the jet streams of
Pakistan are stolen and made to cause rain. Pakistan is left with no option but
to take few deep breaths and stockpot the complete situation. The firing raids
across LoC and Working Boundary are signaling to create a perception of
inviolability of the border from Pakistan to Indian side but fairly assailable
from Indian to Pakistani side.
Modi’s recent assertions in Dhaka were not without a purpose. All these
admissions, leaks and blatant assertions are made to induce Pakistan’s decision
making elite into a response generated through fear. The set pattern is upping
the ante on the escalation ladder and buying the Indian war rhetoric. The
prudent response could be, isolating India by highlighting these shenanigans on
all the world forums. The most important is to adopt the counter measures. The
strategic partnership if fostered further will be deemed as the connivance in
crimes of the saffron brigade.
From a waiver for NSG to the role as Asia Pacific pivot or a member of BRICS,
what India wants to demonstrate to the world?
Abid Latif Sindhu, IR Department, NDU, Islamabad