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.