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Eyeing a potential $40 billion arms market, including a new multi-role fighter aircraft and missile-defence systems, the US is hoping to forge a long-term military relationship with India.
"A significant Indian defence purchase from the United States - for example, of the new advanced multi-role combat aircraft that the Indian Air Force seeks - would be a great leap forward and signal a real commitment to long-term military partnership," a senior US official said.
US military cooperation with India is impeded by the fact that much of the Indian military still uses a considerable amount of Soviet-era equipment, Nicholas Burns, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said in the November/December issue of the journal Foreign Affairs.
Noting barriers to closer coordination in training and the sharing of military doctrine remain in both governments, Washington's chief interlocutor on the India-US civil nuclear deal said: "By reaching out to India, we have made the bet that the planet's future lies in pluralism, democracy and market economics rather than in intolerance, despotism and state planning."..Read...
"A significant Indian defence purchase from the United States - for example, of the new advanced multi-role combat aircraft that the Indian Air Force seeks - would be a great leap forward and signal a real commitment to long-term military partnership," a senior US official said.
US military cooperation with India is impeded by the fact that much of the Indian military still uses a considerable amount of Soviet-era equipment, Nicholas Burns, US Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs, said in the November/December issue of the journal Foreign Affairs.
Noting barriers to closer coordination in training and the sharing of military doctrine remain in both governments, Washington's chief interlocutor on the India-US civil nuclear deal said: "By reaching out to India, we have made the bet that the planet's future lies in pluralism, democracy and market economics rather than in intolerance, despotism and state planning."..Read...