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News From Antiwar.com Original and up-to-date news Report: China, India Move Tens of Thousands of Troops to Disputed Border After deadly skirmish between Chinese and Indian troops last year, the US stepped up military cooperation with India The Wall Street Journal, China and India have deployed tens of thousands of troops to their disputed border in the Himalayas. The report cited anonymous Indian officials who said China increased its troop presence from 15,000 to about 50,000 in the region, which was matched by India. The report said most of the build-up has occurred in the eastern Ladakh ...

Amjed Jaaved The protesting farmers have announced to hold a countrywide protest to demand annulment of the newly enacted farm laws on May 26, 2021. Despite having seen the havoc of the Kumbh congregation, Modi government is stone-wall silent to the ultimatum.  Twelve opposition parties have pilloried Modi government for its obduracy. India spent the sum of Rs. 41 lakh on the ceremony to induct the first batch of Rafale aircraft (Anbala airbase) under contract to purchase 36 aircraft costing Rs. 59000 crore. Apathetic to plight of the people, Indian army chief talked to US army chief to enha...

In the strategic circles in both the US and India, there are now more voices favoring the idea of India providing a military base to the US Navy, preferably somewhere in the Andaman and Nicobar group of islands. On May 17, The EurAsian Times had reported that “the US Hunting for More Military Bases to Cripple China; India One of the Options”. Since the US Navy is said to be planning to deploy 60 percent of its surface ships in the Indo-Pacific, it wants safe territories in or the adjoining Arabian Sea, Andaman & Nicobar, and the Bay of Bengal for refueling and other logistic support.

They discussed ways to expand cooperation between the two armies in specific areas in view of the evolving regional security scenario

In October last year, India and the US sealed the BECA (Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement) agreement to further boost bilateral defence ties. The pact provides for sharing of high-end military technology, logistics and geospatial maps between the two countries.