President Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh met today in Washington. Via TheHindu.
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit with President Obama today resulted in a reaffirmation of the administration’s commitment to the U.S.-India civil nuclear agreement. The deal is still controversial, as India operates outside of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. Under the deal, India agreed to separate its civilian and military nuclear programs, allowing international scrutiny for the bulk of its power stations to ensure non-proliferation. Obama ended the morning portion of the visit by stating that he plans to visit India next year.
India’s Agni-II Missile. Via Ria-Novosti.
In a setback to India’s defense scientists, the test firing of 2,000-km range nuclear capable ballistic missile Agni II off the coast of the eastern state of Orissa has resulted in a failure. There were no troubles with the missile launch and first-stage separation; however, problems developed ahead of the separation of the second stage and the missile then went off-course.
India is also considering purchasing the U.S.-made Patriot Advanced Capability 3 air-defense technology, a land-based system that was created to shoot down aircraft and ballistic and cruise missiles. are to take place in 2010, with demonstrations to follow.
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