Last week, India and France conducted joint surveillance and mapping of the southwest Indian Ocean, the latest instance of growing cooperation between.
The meeting in Washington assumes significance in the wake of the US's efforts in the recent weeks to try and wean India off Russian defence materiel and lure it into its own domestic military-industrial complex.
Amid increasing activities of Pakistan and Chinese navies in the Arabian Sea and nearby waters, the Indian Navy has now deployed its frontline P-8I anti-submarine warfare and surveillance aircraft on the Western sea board in Goa giving a boost to its snooping capabilities in that area.
Amid increasing activities of Pakistan and Chinese navies in the Arabian Sea and nearby waters, the Indian Navy has now deployed its frontline P-8I anti-submari