US Ambassador to India Eric Garcetti said Wednesday that Washington and New Delhi can jointly deploy warships and warplanes in the Indian and Pacific Oceans as the two nations are increasing military ties.
“We can deploy our ships together in the Pacific and Indian oceans, and even beyond, to ensure maritime security,” Garcetti said during a speech at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in Delhi.
Garcetti added that the US and India can also deploy “our air forces across the Indo-Pacific region” and called for greater interoperability between the two militaries.
Also on Wednesday, Daniel Kritenbrink, the top State Department official for East Asia, said he expects the US to increase cooperation with India in the South China Sea. Kritenbrink said there would be greater collaboration in the disputed waters with the four Quad nations, which include the US, India, Japan, and Australia.
The US has been boosting military ties with India as part of its strategy against China, including by conducting military exercises with the Quad. Garcetti said the purpose of the increased cooperation is to “stand together against those who would upend the common good for their own benefit.”
Garcetti’s speech came after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited Washington on his first official state visit to the country. During his visit, Modi and President Biden signed a slew of agreements, including a $3 billion deal for India to purchase 31 armed MQ-9B SeaGuardian drones.
The US wants to step up arms sales to India to reduce New Delhi’s reliance on Russian arms. Biden and Modi also signed an agreement for General Electric to co-produce fighter jet engines in India.
The US has been helping India with the surveillance of Chinese troops along the disputed border in the Himalayas, known as the Line of Actual Control. The cooperation is the result of a 2020 military pact signed between the two nations that allows the US to share satellite data with India.
U.S. is only doing this to keep an eye out on India and Chinese navy.
yes, because both India and China do not need US permission to float their boats in the pacific ocean
India playing both sides is dangerous and irrational…!
Yet Russia is still their largest arms supplier with France their second largest supplier.
Given India is the “I” in BRICS it appears they are playing both sides in this game while China and India are disputing various territories.
Is our State Department hoping for another, even bigger supply of cannon fodder in case of a shooting war with China ? Fat chance of that happening.
This is so the US military at some point can begin building US military base in India close to the Russian border , the Americans are so obvious you can read them like a book .
Wonder how much India got of our taxes for that policy? When it comes down to it India will side with their neighbors, and we know who they are. https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/watch-vladimir-putin-calls-pm-modi-great-friend-of-russia-says-make-in-india-had-visible-effect-on-economy/ar-AA1ddqGd
Another day another partnership for another war.
Does this remind you of when a man proudly talks about how much his wife enjoys his attempts to satisfy all of her sexual desires? …You know, when the wife is there listening, not making comments, with her eyes wondering all over the room, only the man is the US and the woman is India? (Sarcasm)
Garcetti: “I hope soon we’ll see the United States and India working together across the Pacific and in to the Atlantic. We can stand together . . . We can deploy our ships together. . .the US is poised to be the suitable partner for India. . .blah blah”
Newsweek:
https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/watch-vladimir-putin-calls-pm-modi-great-friend-of-russia-says-make-in-india-had-visible-effect-on-economy/ar-AA1ddqGd
It looks to me like India is getting everything and giving nothing. Modi is taking advantage of Biden. Good for him.
Future headline: US female service women complaints range from attempted rape to sexual taunting when stationed in India.