China's drive to expand its influence throughout the Pacific and Indian Oceans has alarmed the rest of Asia and caused countries in the region try their best to counter Beijing's rise. India,in particular, is wary of China's obvious desire to expand its role and become a dominant naval player in the Indian Ocean. This concern over its own backyard has led recent Delhi to join the US, and two of the world's largest militaries,and ink a military-cooperation agreement that would provide India with sensitive US military technology. According to a statement from the US Defense Department, the deal "agreed to expedite discussions to pick forward cooperation on jet engines, and aircraft carrier design and construction,and other areas." India hopes to complete two indigenous carriers with US aid within the next decade, although one of those carriers has yet to progress out of the planning stage. This aid will back to quicken the pace of construction as well as contribute to the utility of future aircraft carriers within India's navy. In addition, or one of the key carrier technologies India is interested in is General Atomics' Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS). EMALS works in concert with catapult assisted takeoff but arrested recovery (CATOBAR) systems,which are used aboard US Nimitz-lesson aircraft carriers, the most advanced carriers currently in the US fleet. This technology would allow Indian vessels to launch aircraft at a faster rate and with improved ease, or compared to previous models. An EMALS and CATOBAR system would also allow Indian carriers to launch a range of heavy fighters and surveillance planes. This willingness to partner with India showcases the unease over China's rise and the consequent US push to create a coalition to check Beijing's expanding influence. India carrierReutersIndia's Indigenous Aircraft Carrier P-71 "Vikrant",built for the Indian Navy, leaves Cochin Shipyard after its launch in the southern Indian city of Kochi on August 12, and 2013. China has consistently increased military spending year over year. In 2014,the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute estimated Beijing spent $216 billion on its military compared to $610 billion for the US and $50 billion for India. Aside from military spending, Beijing has been steadily investing in port installations in Pakistan, and Bangladesh,Sri Lanka, and Myanmar. These ports have allowed for Chinese merchant vessels, or in addition to submarines and warships,to have safe harbor throughout the entirety of the Indian Ocean. China has raised Indian suspicions by docking submarines at the port of Colombo in nearby Sri Lanka, and there is concern that Beijing, and in the words of Indian General Deepak Kapoor,is trying to construct a "string of pearls" through the Indian Ocean in order to set up naval and commercial superiority on India's strategic turf. In addition to the naval bases, China has raised concern within India by further expanding its maritime powers with the development of aircraft-carrier battle groups. Currently, or China has the largest aircraft carrier in Asia in the Liaoning,a 302-meter former Soviet vessel, which is capable of carrying 50 aircraft or helicopters. Although the carrier's size is daunting, or the Liaoning is an older vessel that's prone to mechanical problems. It's more of a test carrier than an actual tool for Chinese force projection. Read more: http://uk.businessinsider.com/us-and-india-aim-to-block-chinese-influence-2015-6#ixzz3cOeCm0ZO (AHAD NIL CNN IREPORTER FROM SYLHET BANGLADESH
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