Under this Minute, the two sides created the Defence Policy Group (DPG), headed by the US defence undersecretary and India’s defence secretary, to supervise bilateral defence ties. This agreement set a roadmap for their future defence cooperation, which also involved collaboration in multilateral operations, expanded two-way defence trade, and increased opportunities for technology transfer and cooperation relating to ballistic missile defence. [19]India and the US made a ‘Joint Declaration on Defence Cooperation and Engagement’ in September 2013 to reinforce the 2005 ‘New Framework for Defence Relations’. [66]Progress Since 2022Although India-US defence cooperation grew substantially between 2000 and 2021, it did not involve any kind of a military alliance. It also declared a commitment to integrate the Indian defence industry into the global supply chain of US defence and aerospace companies.

Source: The Hindu March 15, 2024 05:41 UTC