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Pentagon official favors high-tech aid to India
Thursday, July 1, 2010
A top Defense Department official says the U.S. is committed to providing India with top-of-the-line technology as India modernizes its armed forces and builds its own defense industry.
Michele Flournoy, undersecretary of defense for policy, described herself as a very strong advocate of "U.S. solutions for India's defense needs."
In a policy speech at an Asia Society event on Thursday, she said U.S. companies are eager to work with India.
The U.S. has sold C-130J and the P-81 aircraft to India as part of the burgeoning defense trade between the two countries.
Two U.S. companies are among the leading competitors for a $10 billion sale of 126 advanced fighter aircraft to the Indian air force, which is currently the world's biggest defense tender.
Ms. Flournoy said the U.S. also is looking at future sales of the C-17 as another example of near-term defense cooperation with its Asian ally.
"We in the Department of Defense do not view defense sales as mere commercial transactions," Ms. Flournoy said.
"We understand that India is making a strategic as well as an economic choice when it makes defense acquisitions. Obviously the commercial benefits of defense sales to the U.S. economy cannot be denied," she said.
"But for a DoD perspective, these sales are even more important in building a strategic partnership that will allow both countries to cooperate more effectively to protect their mutual security interests in the future."
Ms. Flournoy said whether the scenarios involve humanitarian assistance, counterterrorism cooperation or maritime security activities, having common equipment will allow for a more seamless cooperation between the U.S. and India.
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Pentagon official favors high-tech aid to India - Washington Times
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