The Americans have proposed, once again, joint production of the Javelin anti-tank missile, an offer first made in 2013. But things got stuck over tech transfer and pricing. Let s see what happens this time. Incidentally, Army chief Manoj Pande is currently on a visit to explore new avenues and opportunities . It s the first trip by an army chief since 2019, a gap US officials were keen to bridge. Besides meeting his counterpart Randy George, Pande will travel to San Francisco and Seattle and meet US Army Special Forces and Stryker units.
When the USS Salvor pulled into a port in India, the job at hand was patching up the ageing vessel. But there was a bigger mission, too: opening another door for a US military trying to counter Chinese power.
In a small but significant move, India and the United States have decided to explore the possibilities of Indian shipyards not only maintaining but also repairing American navy ships.
General Rawat, his wife Madhulika and 11 other people on board an Indian Air Force helicopter died in a crash near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday, the Air Force said.