In a landmark diplomatic and military development, India and the United States have signed a 10-year defence cooperation framework that underscores their shared strategic interests in the Indo-Pacific, even as both nations navigate simmering tensions over tariffs and trade policy.

The agreement, inked by India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth in Kuala Lumpur on the sidelines of an ASEAN defence meeting, lays out a decade-long roadmap for collaboration in military technology, industrial cooperation, intelligence sharing, and joint operational planning. Officials from both countries hailed it as a “historic deepening” of the world’s largest and oldest democracies’ defence ties.

A Strategic Leap in Defence Partnership

The new framework agreement

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