US Provided Info, Equipment To India During China Border Crisis: Pentagon Commander US Provided Info, Equipment To India During China Border Crisis: Pentagon Commander China moved over 60,000 well-armed troops to contentious areas like Pangong Lake in eastern Ladakh in May last year, leading to an over eight-month-long standoff.
India, China withdrew troops from Ladakh last month after lengthy rounds of talks (Representational)
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The US provided some information, cold-weather clothing and some other equipment to India during its recent border crisis with China, which has adopted an increasingly assertive military posture to exert pressure and expand its influence across the region, a top Pentagon commander has told American lawmakers.
The U.S. military plans to deploy long-range missiles in Asia capable of threatening China as part of efforts to deter a conflict with Beijing, the commander of American military forces in the Pacific said Tuesday.
U.S. Military Reveals Where It Challenged China During Record Year of Operations
On 3/10/21 at 3:38 PM EST
The U.S. military has revealed the regions and reasonings for its territorial challenges against China and other nations throughout fiscal year 2020, which saw a record number of operations in defiance of Beijing s claims in the Asia-Pacific.
The report, published Wednesday, detailed the service s freedom of navigation operations conducted across the globe with the stated goal of enforcing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Although Washington has not ratified the treaty, it recognizes it as customary international law. Unlawful and sweeping maritime claims or incoherent legal theories of maritime entitlements that are inconsistent with customary international law as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention pose a threat to the legal foundation of the rules-based international order, the Pentagon report said. Consequently, the United States is commit
US And Indian Navies Are Now Securely Sharing Information, Says Commander Of The US Indo-Pacific Command
by Swarajya Staff - Mar 10, 2021 05:00 AM
Admiral Philip S Davidson, commander the USâ Indo-Pacific Command.
Snapshot
The two countries recently signed agreements to facilitate the sharing of unclassified geospatial data, and for the transfer of technologies to support defence production.
Admiral Philip S Davidson, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command, has said that the Indian and the US navies have started sharing information securely.
Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee during a Congressional hearing in Washington DC, the commander said the ânavy-to-navyâ information sharing agreement between India and the US was signed in November 2020.