Indien, um Marineübungen mit afrikanischen Nationen abzuhalten, um China zu entgegenzuwirken – Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-24/india-to-hold-naval-drills-with-african-nations-to-counter-china?srnd=phx-india-v2
Indien, um Marineübungen mit afrikanischen Nationen abzuhalten, um China zu entgegenzuwirken – Bloomberg
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-03-24/india-to-hold-naval-drills-with-african-nations-to-counter-china?srnd=phx-india-v2
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China has invested large sums in many African nations which are now beholden to China. Why would they want to go to war with it? Conversely, China can buy African support with far less money than it will cost for a war. Much of Africa already votes pro China at the UN. Why would African states want to team up with India against China? Doesn’t make much sense to me. Piracy, yes. But China?
The article says 10 African nations are participating. This is completely my own ignorance, but I’m a little surprised there are ten African navies with forces of a size to participate in a meaningful training exercise. To my understanding several South American countries maintain sizeable navies from a long-standing tradition of wanting to control their own waters and also to maintain a power balance with each other (Bolivia, famously, maintains a navy despite being a landlocked country because their navy was created back when their country did have access to the Pacific, and they never bothered to disband the branch after they lost that territory). Most African countries, to my understanding, would have gone from being colonial possessions to independent countries with no real naval tradition. Ships tend to be expensive to buy and maintain, and they require professional crews and career officers. There are ten African countries that have put in that kind of investment and would be willing to partner with India for regional naval drills?
Well, that’s my TIL.