U.S., India to bolder anti-submarine capability amid rising tensions with aggressive China
(NationalSecurity.news) NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – India and the United States are in talks to help each other track submarines in the Indian Ocean, military officials say, a move that could further tighten defense ties between New Delhi and Washington as China steps up its undersea activities. Both the United States and India are growing Read More
SecDef Carter Hopes to Shore Up Ties with India as Counterbalance to China
(NationalSecurity.news) GOA, India (Reuters) – U.S. Defence Secretary Ash Carter began a three-day visit to India on Sunday, seeking to advance a relatively new defense relationship with a country Washington sees as a counterweight to the growing power of China. In a sign of the importance Carter places on improving defense ties with India, the Read More
Amid a rising China, the U.S. is working to turn India into an aircraft carrier power
(NationalSecurity.news) China made operational its first aircraft carrier, the Liaoning, in recent years and is building a second carrier, the first indigenous ship of its class. As Chinese naval power grows and as Beijing is making aggressive moves to “build” islands in the South China Sea, all of these factors have combined to lead a Read More
