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External affairs minister S Jaishankar with his Australian counterpart Marise Payne in Tokyo, 6 Oct 2020.

INDO-PACIFIC – The Quad is Getting Stronger

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With Australia having joined the Indian, American and Japanese navies in the November 2020 Malabar exercises, co-operation among the Quad countries looks more concrete....
Australian Navy Ship HMAS Ballarat, a frigate, made a port call at Mormugao Port, Goa after phase 1 of Malabar exercise.

INDO-PACIFIC – With Australia Joining The Quadrilateral is Complete

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In a significant move that came amid a Sino-India border row, India announced, on 19 October, Australia''s participation in the Malabar exercise, held in...
The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and INS Vikramaditya in the Bay of Bengal as part of Exercise Malabar 2020.

JOINT EXERCISES – Quad Navies Hold 24th Malabar Exercise

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After a gap of 13 years, India, US, Australia and Japan conducted their first joint naval drill, called Malabar exercise, from 3 November. It...
INS Brahmaputra (F31 ) and RSN Formidable (68) participating in SIMBEX 2020

Indian Navy’s Exercises with Singaporean, Thai and Sri Lankan Navies

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Trilateral Maritime Exercise SITMEX-20 Indian Navy (IN) Ships including indigenously built ASW corvette Kamorta and missile corvette Karmuk participated in the 2nd edition of India,...
India and the US have agreed to the co-development of “air-launched, small, unmanned airborne systems (UAS)” as part of a long term project under the DTTI initiative

A Review of the The Defence Technology and Trade Initiative (DTTI)

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India and the US, on 15 September 020, signed a statement of intent (SoI) to strengthen the bilateral dialogue on defence technology co-operation and...
INS Talwar refuelling from USN Yukon in the North Arabian Sea under the logistics support agrrementb between the two nations

INDIA – US: BECA and Other Military Enabling Agreements

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India and the US signed the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) for Geo-Spatial Cooperation during the third round of US-India 2+2 ministerial dialogue...
US defence secretary Mark Esper, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo, defence Minister Rajnath Singh and external affairs minister S Jaishankar at Hyderabad House, New Delhi.

Extracts from the Joint Statement Issued by India and US

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Shared Vision for Global Leadership The Ministers reiterated their commitment to maintaining a free, open, inclusive, peaceful, and prosperous Indo-Pacific built on a rules-based international...
US defence secretary Mark Esper, US secretary of state Mike Pompeo with prime minister Narendra Modi on 26 October 2020.

INDIA – U.S.: Indo-US Defence Cooperation Enters New Phase

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Defence minister Rajnath Singh and minister for external affairs S Jaishankar welcomed US secretary of state Michael Pompeo and secretary of defence Mark Esper...
Japanese Samurai

INDIA-JAPAN: Kautilyan Approach and Japan’s Samurai Spirit Part 1

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India and Japan Can Show the Right Path For many years, the India-Japan partnership has suffered from a needless hesitation and superficial doubt. The ‘Modi-Abe...
Defence minister Rajnath Singh with his delegation met the Chinese defence minister Gen Wei Fenghe on 4 September in Moscow.

GEOPOLITICS: SCO Defence & Foreign Ministers Meet

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India-China Bilateral Meetings Held in Moscow At a time when two member nations – India and China – are in confrontation at the borders, Shanghai...

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