[sukhoi-30mki]

There is a world of difference between Search & Rescue & the "Hello,how are you" sort of interactions that India,Australia & Great Britain have held with the PLAN & the more serious simulated conflict scenarios played out by the USN or the RSN with the Indian navy.

[Jeff Head]

Agreed...but it is still a data point that would not have been entertained at all some years ago. That's all. The Chinese will try and woo and otherwise convince India to stay out of any upcoming conflict in the region. IMHO, they will offer a huge carrot as the first way to accomplish that goal.

Given our own ambivalence towards India and allowing the Soviets to help arm them while carrying on with Pakistan ourselves, we may be in danger of China succeeding in that goal.