AN OBJECTIVE APPROACH TO INDO – CHINA TIES

AN OBJECTIVE APPROACH TO INDO – CHINA TIES

1.    India and china are two strange neighbours, which are neither friend nor foes, eyeing each other with a sense of suspicion.  The 2 countries have recently celebrated the 50^th anniversary of the signing of the Pancheel treaty.  The Pancheel treaty, is an agreement on peaceful co-existence. 

2.    The Pancheel treaty was signed on 24^th Apr 1954.  The 5 principle of Pancheel treaty were,

(a)          Mutual respect for each other’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.

(b)          Mutual non-aggression

AGNI I

AGNI I

1.    The Agni missile project was launched in 1983 by DRDO.  The short range variant Agni ballistic missile was successfully test fired on 04 July 2004 from  mobile launches at the test range off the Orissa coast.

2.    The short range Agni – I was first test fired on 25^th Jan 02 and second on 9^th Jan 2003 from the same launching site.  This was the 3^rd successful test of the indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile with nuclear capability. It  can strike targets up to a distance of 700 to 900 km and can blast form both road and rail mobile launches.

3.    Agni – I has major differences form its other longer-range version.  It is 12 m in height and powered by single stage solid fuel rocket, which provides it a speed of 2.5 km per second.  It is expected to bridge the gap of Prithiv and Agni – II.

4. The Congress President Sonia Gandhi congratulated and added that we pursue peace but we will not compromise with our country’s security.