It was a piece of intelligence worthy of what the Russians call the “tournament of shadows”, when the great powers of the era – London and St Petersburg – vied over central Asia more than a century ago. Then, maps and mavericks determined who held sway over a North-West Frontier that today has mutated into a battleground between ebbing US and surging Chinese influence. And the claim came from the top of the Indian military establishment.
100多年前，当时的强国——大英帝国和沙皇俄国——为争夺中亚控制权展开博弈。在这场被俄国人称为“影子比武”(tournament of shadows)的竞赛中，最有价值的就是情报。当时，地图和敢于冒险的怪才决定着谁能控制西北边境省(North-West Frontier)。如今，这一地区已变成影响力渐弱的美国与影响力激增的manbetx3.0 之间的“战场”。而这一说法来自印度军方最高层。
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