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India, U.S. Sign Ten Year Defense Agreement

June 29, 2005 :: AFP :: News

The U.S. and India have signed a 10-year defense agreement paving the way for joint weapons production and cooperation on missile defense. The June 28 statement signed by U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his Indian counterpart, Pranab Mukherjee, calls for “an enhanced level of cooperation covering military to military relations as well as a defense industrial and technological relationship.” The two nations have agreed to set up a defense procurement and production group to oversee defense trade, co-production and technology collaboration, and research, development, testing and evaluation.
        Most analysts view the June 28 initiative as part of Washington’s larger strategy to counter the growing influence of China, India’s immediate neighbor. (Article)

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