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The US government has stepped up diplomatic relations with India and replaced the country’s massive military spending with Russia.
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The US–India defence partnership is in a transformational moment, according to a statement made by a senior Defense Department official on 20 June.
Representatives from both countries will attend the INDUS-X joint initiative at the US Chamber of Commerce this week before Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s White House visit. The event brings together US and Indian stakeholders, research and academic institutions, industry, small start-ups, and investors.
“INDUS-X has the potential to be a catalyst for India to achieve its target of $5 billion in defence exports by 2025 and for India to diversify its defence supply chain,” the US senior official said.
“The conference will feature a defence exhibition where firms will showcase technologies and platforms that can benefit both countries’ border security, maritime domain awareness, space situational awareness, and more.
“Twenty years ago, there were no US defence sales to India at all. Now, we’re talking about co-producing and co-developing major systems together.
“We now have working groups on everything ranging from cyberspace and critical technologies to maritime security, and India is leading in those forums together with the US and like-minded partners.”
Both countries are pursuing the development of artificial intelligence, advanced sensor development, unmanned systems, quantum physics and undersea domain awareness, the US senior official said.
India has joined the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue (Quad) strategic security dialogue with Australia, India, Japan, and the United States.
The country is also a member of BRICS alongside Brazil, Russia, China and South Africa. India maintains its status as the world’s largest importer of major arms, holding around 11 per cent of global arms imports and also maintains its status as the world’s biggest buyer of Russian military equipment after reportedly acquiring more than $13 billion in arms from Moscow over the last five years.
