Posted on 06/28/2016 2:02:07 AM PDT by rickmichaels
According to a senior White House official, India will gain access to almost 99 percent of US defense technologies after it is recognized as a ‘Major Defense Partner’.
Earlier this month, after a meeting between US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the White House, the US, in a joint statement, recognized India as a ‘Major Defense Partner', a status coined specifically to mark unique level of military cooperation between two nations.
The official estimated this access as "99 percent" of all US defense technologies available.
"[In reality], less than one per cent of all exports [requests] are denied [to India]. They are not denied because of India. They are denied because of global U.S. licensing policies. We do not share certain technologies with anybody in the world," the official added, referring to an idea shared in New Delhi that this denial is reflective of the India-U.S. relationship.
According to the joint US-India statement made during President Obama's visit to New Delhi, India would receive license-free access to a wide range of dual-use technologies in conjunction with unspecified steps that New Delhi has committed to taking to advance its export control objectives.
Ashley Tellis of Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a top American think-tank, says that this special status is "meant to recognize that although India will not be an alliance partner of the United States, the administration seeks to treat it as such for purposes of giving it access to advanced technologies of the kind that are reserved for close US allies."
"It is intended to signal to both the outside world and to the US bureaucracy that oversees licensing that India is viewed as a unique collaborator and will be treated as such where access to advanced technologies are concerned," he added.
"India desires advanced US technology today, while the U.S. would like more clarity on the specific operations India may be willing to undertake in the future to contribute to regional security," says Richard M. Rossow, Wadhwani Chair in US India Policy Studies at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, another top American think-tank.
"But the term ‘Major Defense Partner' does not automatically trigger a specific process or program in the U.S. system," he added.
I do not see an issue with this, save for how sensitive the technology is.
Don’t give our technology and weapon systems to anyone.
The allies of today are the enemies of tomorrow. We were allies of Russia during WW2, now, not so much.
Absolutely correct!
Paki intelligence embedded within India’s military will exfiltrate our technology and share with other Muslim states.
RE: “Don’t give our technology and weapon systems to anyone.
The allies of today are the enemies of tomorrow. We were allies of Russia during WW2, now, not so much.”
NO nation should get free access to the technology that was paid for by US taxpayer dollars.
Japan is a very close and trusted Ally and has repeatedly begged for the F-22 but we don’t give technical data or even sell the F-22.
We don’t want to create a competitor and we are worried that the technology will go elsewhere.
we should absolutely hold back certain defensive Technologies.
This is one of the very, very few good decisions by Obama.
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