India Business News: NEW DELHI: In what is a big relief for Indian students planning to join colleges in the US, the US Embassy has announced that starting June 14, Monday.
On India Visit, US Defence Secretary Austin Will Have to Deal With CAATSA Among Pigeons
India will become vulnerable to CAATSA, which applies to all Russian military and defence-related entities, later this year when deliveries of the S-400 missiles to the Indian Air Force begin.
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Security11/Mar/2021
New Delhi:Â When US Defence Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III visits India next week, he will need to confront the awkward issue of Washington sanctioning New Delhi â or not â over its import of five Russian Almaz-Antel S-400 Triumf air defence systems in his deliberations, aimed primarily at furthering bilateral military and strategic ties to counter Chinaâs hegemonic ambitions.
Will They or Won t They? US Leaves Issue of Sanctions on India Under CAATSA Open-Ended
Oblique references to CAATSA by senior US officials have surfaced periodically, in what many military planners in Delhi claim qualifies as a tactical ploy by Washington to nudge Delhi into buying its materiel.
US Air Force F-15 fighter jets fly in formation during a flyover above Hudson River and New York Harbor, U.S. July 4, 2020. Photo: Reuters/Mike Segar/File Photo
Security12/Feb/2021
Chandigarh: The US, it seems, is craftily leveraging its threat of sanctioning India over acquiring Russian defence equipment, particularly five Almaz-Antel S-400 Triumf self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, possibly as a force multiplication strategy to âpersuadeâ New Delhi into buying more of its materiel, especially combat aircraft.
A full-dress rehearsal was held on Tuesday with Sarang helicopter and Surya Kiran aircraft taking part in an aerobatic display at the Yelahanka Air Force station.
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Dependent on Russia as a prime supplier in the past, India has been diversifying its basket of weapon systems and has ordered significant weapons from the US in recent years, including transport aircraft, helicopters and assault rifles.
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The S-400 purchase could be one of the prickly bilateral issues that will need to be resolved, given that formal deliveries for the system are starting shortly.
BENGALURU: The United States has urged India to refrain from military transactions with Russia, saying that there is no blanket waiver under its Sanctions Act for the recent S-400 missile system purchase, in the first detailed comments on the tricky issue after the Biden administration has come to power.