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INDIA U.S TO FORGE MILITARY TIES
- India and the United States are likely to finalise two critical agreements, the Industrial Security Annexure (ISA) and the Basic Exchange and Cooperation Agreement (BECA) – the second is a so-called foundational military agreement
INDUSTRIAL SECURITY ANNEXURE
- An ISA, which is an Annexure to the General Security Of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) between the two countries, will enable the US government and US defence companies to share classified information with Indian private defence manufacturers.
- India and the US had the GSOMIA 17 years ago, which allowed sharing of classified information from the US government and American defence manufacturers with Indian government and government-owned defence firms but not with Indian private companies.
- Washington is not demanding a fresh agreement. It is asking New Delhi to sign an annexure to GSOMIA that would cover the Indian private sector.
FOUR “FOUNDATIONAL” AGREEMENTS
- The U.S. has four “foundational” agreements that it signs with its defence partners. The Pentagon describes the agreements as “routine instruments that the U.S. uses to promote military cooperation with partner-nations”.
FOUNDATIONAL AGREEMENTS
LEMOA
BASIC EXCHANGE AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT
- BECA will allow India and US to share geospatial and satellite data with each other.
- BECA makes sure all kinds of information whether intelligence reports or satellite data inputs regarding the landscape of the battle field or any forms of information gathering methods are shared unconditionally between the 2 military forces.
WHY INDIA WILL BENEFIT FROM BECCA?
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