Indian Navy Vary of Growing Nuclear Submarine Capability of Communist China
Dated 10/5/2008
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China's military upgradation has set off alarm bells in the military establishment with the Navy maintaining that it would keep a close watch on the movement of Chinese nuclear submarines housed at the underground submarine base on the Hainan Island in South China Sea.
Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta, who earlier expressed concerns on the base, said on Friday that China transports a lot of oil through the Indian Ocean and has been quite keen on attaining quick access to the region. ``Chinese are very keen to have presence in the Indian Ocean and there is no doubt they wish to be there. They did not have the assets till now,
