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Logistics pact to tighten India-US strategic embrace

August 30, 2016August 30, 2016 - by Manish Chand

In the emerging alphabet of India-US relations, another acronym LEMOA has been added as the two countries signed a landmark logistics exchange agreement that will enable their militaries to access each other’s military supplies and refuelling capabilities through ports and military bases.
The agreement was signed in Washington DC on August 29, a day before India and the US hold their second strategic and commercial dialogue in New Delhi. The pact is a leap of faith for India as the long-negotiated pact was bogged down in apprehensions in India regarding infringement of the country’s sovereignty in the military sphere. The inking of the pact underscores the Modi government’s design to risk political pressure to deepen military and strategic ties with the world’s most powerful country.
India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar and his US counterpart Ashton Carter lauded the signing of the bilateral ‘Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement’ (52940157), saying the pact will facilitate opportunities for “practical engagement and exchange”.

New legislation in US to make India a key defence tech partner

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016 - by India Writes Network

The US Senate introduced the US-India Defense Technology and Partnership Act on May 10. The bill was introduced by Senator Mark Warner (D- VA) and John Coryn (R-TX), Co-Chair of …

US willing to share NextGen aircraft carrier tech with India

April 13, 2016April 13, 2016 - by India Writes Network

Underlining that the “Indo-US defence ties are going to be “defining relationship of 21st century”, Defence Secretary Ashton Carter said that the US was willing to share the technology for …

India, US set to seal logistics support pact soon

April 12, 2016April 12, 2016 - by India Writes Network

In the final days of the Obama presidency, India and the US look set to take their defence ties onto a higher trajectory, with the defence ministers of the two countries agreeing in principle to conclude a crucial Logistics Support Agreement (LSA) in the coming months.

With China on mind, US renews pitch for including India into quad of democracies

March 3, 2016March 3, 2016 - by India Writes Network

Amid growing concerns over China’s assertive postures in the maritime domain, the US has renewed the pitch to revive the quadrilateral security dialogue, which is envisaged to include the US, India, Japan and Australia, the four leading democracies in the extended Asia-Pacific region.

Indo-US Defence Cooperation: Harvesting Defence Technologies

October 15, 2015October 15, 2015 - by India Writes Network

It is raining defence technologies these days. On top of as many as 17 technologies offered by the United States for transfer to India, another 24 are believed to be …

Mapping next big steps in India-US Defence Partnership

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 - by India Writes Network

Ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the United States, the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the purchase of Boeing’s Apache and Chinook helicopters for the Indian Air Force. In a major impetus to defence ties, this deal worth $2.5 billion is the biggest defence contract signed by the NDA government after coming to power in May 2014.

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