Posted on 11/30/2013 7:20:44 PM PST by Rabin
India’s navy is training over 500 Vietnamese submariners... India (will) issue Vietnam a US$100 million line of credit for the purposes of enabling the latter to acquire four naval patrol vessels from the former, the report said. The Indian Navy's extensive experience in operating Russian Kilo-class submarines, which dates back to the mid-1980s, will be invaluable to Vietnam as its navy learns how to handle their new underwater vessels, according to the
In December 2009, Vietnam signed a $2 billion deal to buy six submarines from Russia, which is due to deliver them all by 2016.
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Rab
Ping.
Both are China's neighbors, who have fought China before.
The Russians have fought the Chinese too. What country that borders China has not fought the Chinese?
Both Russia and Japan have fought China. And what a coincidence, they are talking too.
A few subs, do not a navy make. In a war with China it will be endurance and massive land armies that will win the day. Advise to Vietnam—start to learn to speak Chinese.
A new Allies. Russia, India, Vietnam and Japan are teaming to counter futire Chinese aggression. Too bad US is about to play for Axis this time.
China also has a tremendous excess of young male citizens which are always trouble to their country. It needs to use them up in foreign wars. Việt Nam finally shook off the Chinese a thousand years ago and has fought them a number of times since.
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