As the US initiated a range of country-specific measures to give a new thrust to its defence relationship with India, a top Pentagon official has said that America benefits from a strong and capable Indian military.
‘In the long run, the United States benefits from an Indian military with all the capabilities it needs to meet its growing regional security responsibilities,’ said the outgoing Deputy Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter.
Carter, considered to be architect of the new India-US defence policy along with the National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, wrote in an op-ed in the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine. To step up defence cooperation with India, the US has taken measures.
‘In the long run, the United States benefits from an Indian military with all the capabilities it needs to meet its growing regional security responsibilities,’ said the outgoing Deputy Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter.
Carter, considered to be architect of the new India-US defence policy along with the National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon, wrote in an op-ed in the prestigious Foreign Policy magazine. To step up defence cooperation with India, the US has taken measures.