India-US add another layer to defence cooperation

[Vikrant]

It looks like China will turn India and US into two BFFs.

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India and the US held the first maritime security dialogue in Delhi on Monday adding another layer to the growing defence ties between the two countries, once on opposing sides of the Cold War divide. This increased cooperation is taking place at a time when Washington is hoping to rope in Delhi to play a more effective role in balancing China’s military might in the Asia Pacific region.

There is heightened tension between the US and China over the latter’s claims to disputed islands in the region and Beijing’s consolidation of reefs and islands in the South China Sea, through a massive land reclamation effort.

Senior Indian and US officials exchanged views on security of the global waterways and ways to enhance bilateral cooperation between the two navies. In the past few years joint exercises between the navies of India and the US have become more complex. The MALABAR exercises now will have Japan as a permanent feature. "Among the issues discussed were Asia-Pacific maritime challenges, naval cooperation, and multilateral engagement,’’ said the American side in a statement after the talks.

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Maritime Security Dialogue: India-US add another layer to defence cooperation - Firstpost

 

[Vikrant]

Washington and New Delhi are getting a lot more serious about military-to-military ties. As the United States and India become more wary of an increasingly assertive China, the two countries are gradually edging closer together.

On May 16, American and Indian officials met for a “maritime security dialogue” in New Delhi. “The dialogue covered issues of mutual interest, including exchange of perspectives on maritime security development in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean Region as well as prospects for further strengthening cooperation between India and the United States in this regard,” stated an Indian Ministry of External Affairs press release.

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China's Worst Nightmare: Is a U.S.- India Military Alliance Brewing?

 

[Vikrant]

Washington: The US House of Representatives has approved a bipartisan legislation to bolster defence ties with India and bring the country at par with other NATO allies in terms of sale of defence equipment and technology transfer.

“[This move] seeks to promote greater defence trade and encourage additional military cooperation between the United States and India,” Congressman George Holding said on the floor of the House of Representatives in favour of the amendment in the National Defence Authorisation Act (NDAA)-2017.

The amendment (Enhancing Defence and Security Co-operation with India) was sponsored by Holding and Ami Bera (House India caucus chairs) as well as the chair and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs, Committee Ed Royce and Elliot Engel.

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US House Approves Move to Bolster Defence Ties with India

 

[anotherlife]

Well, it's time to acknowledge, that the above pictured fighter jet runs on software made in India like every software. You can't outsource your defense properly if you don't put a few meetings on tv.

 

[Vikrant]

On 19 May, US lawmakers approved amendments to the National Defense Authorisation Act (NDAA), 2017 that seeks to bring India on a par with NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) allies for sale of defence equipment and technology transfer.

The move will help bolster defence ties with India and bring it at part with other NATO allies in terms of sale of defence equipment and technology transfer.

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US seeks to make India a NATO ally, boost defence ties

 

[Vikrant]

US and India put history aside in new defence relationship

Last month US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter paid his third visit in just 30 months to India – the seventh by a US Defence Secretary since 2008. The frequency of high-level visits reflects the prominence accorded to New Delhi within the Pentagon's emerging strategy towards the Indo-Asia-Pacific region.

In New Delhi, Carter and his counterpart, Manohar Parrikar, laid the penultimate touches to a series of defence co-operation, technology sharing, and research and co-production-related agreements which, when finalised, will fundamentally, albeit incrementally, transform the nature of India-US maritime engagement in the Indian Ocean region.

An agreement to share logistics during peacetime will enable the two navies to mitigate capability gaps in the Indian Ocean, which has seen a progressive swelling in operational commitments. It will also breathe life into the India-US Maritime Co-operation Framework agreement, which had envisaged "an appropriate agreement on logistics support" 10 years after it was signed.

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