Indian customs recently made a big move, seizing a cargo ship sailing from China to Pakistan and stopping in Mumbai, India, claiming to have found a "nuclear" machine tool.
What is intriguing is that the freighter was seized on January 23, but India did not publicly admit it until March 2, so this time the "nuclear weapons" machine tool incident, is it really a trick, or is it another farce of Ah San?
At the beginning of January this year, the merchant ship departed from China, and the shipper was a certain company in Shanghai, and after more than 10 days of sailing, it docked at the port of Nava Sheiva in Mumbai for supplies.
Soon,The Indian side found "sensitive cargo" - a civilian CNC machine tool of Italian productionThe "cautious" Indian customs officers immediately reported to the defense department, so the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization quickly conducted a "verification" and finally came to the conclusion that this machine tool is a "dual-use" product, which may be used in Pakistan's nuclear weapons program to help Pakistan manufacture key components of missiles, so it immediately seized it.
In order to justify this behavior, India specially moved out of the 1996 "Wassenaar Arrangement on Export Control of Conventional and Dual-Use Goods and Technologies", India is a member of the "Wassenaar Agreement", and CNC machine tools happen to be the category of "Agreement" restricted exports, as a firm defender of the "Wassenaar Agreement", India must be conscientious and vigilant against the "dual-use" goods.
This reason seems to be clear-eyed, but the actual situation is completely untenable, and CNC machine tools are widely used in industrial productionHow can India determine that this one is being used by Pakistan for its nuclear weapons program? And the most critical point is that although CNC machine tools are controlled by the "Wassenaar Agreement", as long as they are used for conventional purposes and normal customs declaration, they will not be restricted.
Judging from the information given by the Pakistani side, this time China and Pakistan have normal customs declarations, and the receiving company is an auto parts processing enterprise located in Karachi, with clear documents and bank transaction certificates, which are far from India's so-called "nuclear parts".
Interestingly, some netizens in India also questioned this, and they asked a question:"If the cargo ship is really transporting "nuclear" machine tools, why stop at Indian ports and not drive the ship directly to Pakistan"?
The end point of this voyage is the port of Karachi, Pakistan, which is less than 1,000 kilometers away from the Navashiwa Port in Mumbai.
Moreover, if the cargo ship is really transporting "nuclear weapons" machine tools, then this behavior of China and Pakistan is "nuclear proliferation", and "nuclear proliferation" is not a trivial matter, and openly allowing ships carrying "nuclear weapons" equipment to stop at third countries, the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War did not dare to do this, not to mention that China has always resolutely opposed "nuclear proliferation", even if China chooses to provide Pakistan with "nuclear weapons" manufacturing equipment for some considerations, will it be stupid enough to send results to Indian customs? Isn't the 30-meter-wide China-Pakistan International Highway wide enough?
This does not make sense at all at the logical level, the so-called "military use" can only be the imagination of the Indians!
Of course, this is not the first time that India has seized a Chinese ship bound for Pakistan under the banner of "dual-use." As early as 2020, Indian Customs seized a cargo ship named "Da Cuiyun" from China to Pakistan for no reason, and detained and inspected the "Da Cuiyun" without China's permission.
How did China deal with it back then? **Spokesperson expressed strong dissatisfaction and**, in the case of India's indifference,The 23 rd escort fleet of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) paid a friendly visit to India's next-door neighbor Bangladesh and conducted a five-day military exercise. When India saw this posture, it immediately recognized its cowardice, and after being detained for 16 days, the "Great Cuiyun" left the Indian port and went to Pakistan smoothly.
Now, the comeback of Indian customs, China's handling measures may wish to refer to the "big cuiyun" of the year, to express dissatisfaction and **, but more need to be beaten with practical actions.
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