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<ul class="summary-list"><li>North Korea is set to send thousands of troops to aid Russia in the Ukraine war, South Korea's spy agency has said.</li><li>South Korea's National Intelligence Service made the announcement on Friday, Yonhap news agency reported.</li></ul>North Korea is set to send thousands of troops to aid Russia in its war in Ukraine, South Korea's spy agency has said, per Yonhap news agency.South Korea's National Intelligence Service (NIS) said on Friday it had confirmed the "beginning of the North's direct involvement" in Ukraine and that the soldiers were being transported from the North on Russian navy ships.Around 1,500 North Korean special forces troops are already in Russia, the NIS <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nis.go.kr/CM/1_4/view.do?seq=320">added</a>.If confirmed, it would be the North's first major involvement in a war since the Korean War in 1950-1953.It comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday that Ukraine had information that North Korea was preparing to send 10,000 troops to occupied areas of Ukraine."We've got information that North Korea sent tactical personnel and officers to Ukraine on temporary occupied territories, and they are preparing on their land, 10,000 soldiers, but they didn't move them already to Ukraine or to Russia," Zelenskyy said.Western officials have not confirmed the intelligence. <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.defense.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/3939030/pentagon-press-secretary-maj-gen-pat-ryder-holds-a-press-briefing/">Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder said on Thursday</a> that the US was looking into the reports."I can tell you right now we're looking into those," Ryder said. "We can't confirm or corroborate those reports. If true, that would demonstrate an increase in the cooperation between Russia and North Korea."Speaking on Thursday, NATO chief Mark Rutte said that the alliance had "no evidence that North Korean soldiers are involved in the fight, but we do know that North Korea is supporting Russia in many ways."The NIS also said that since August 2023, North Korea had sent Russia 13,000 containers packed with shells, missiles, and anti-tank rockets.Business Insider contacted NATO and the UK Ministry of Defence for comment.

North Korea to send thousands of troops to aid Russian forces in Ukraine war, South Korea's spy agency says

Earlier this week, former US President Donald Trump revealed that Indian Prime Minister <keyword id="19895781" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="narendra-modi" source="keywords">Narendra Modi</keyword> is scheduled to meet with him next week. This potential gathering, set against the backdrop of Trump’s bid for a return to the White House, highlights how global leaders are positioning themselves in anticipation of possible changes in US leadership. “He happens to be coming to meet me next week, and Modi, he’s fantastic,” Trump said on Tuesday during a town hall event in Flint, Michigan, while discussing free trade and US job protection. He even went on to call India a “very big abuser” in trade, Al Jazeera reported. Most likely, Prime Minister Narendra Modi meeting up with Trump could be an acknowledgment of the latter's potential return to power in the November election, as foreign leaders carefully navigate diplomatic relations with key US political figures. However, neither the Trump campaign nor India’s Ministry of External Affairs have clearly commented on the matter yet, meaning that the Indian leader’s plans of a tête-à-tête with ex US President Trump are foggy at best. During a press conference, foreign secretary <keyword id="20181706" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="vikram-misri" source="keywords">Vikram Misri</keyword> said, "there are many meetings with the Prime Minister right now which we are trying to fix. Right now, I will not be able to tell you about any specific meeting, whether the meeting has been fixed or not." "We are looking from all angles as to how much time we have and with whom we can hold meetings. We will keep updating you about the meetings," he added. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="113444882" title="Trump says PM Modi will meet him during US visit, calls him &amp;#39;fantastic&amp;#39;" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>What we do know with certainty is that Mr Modi is indeed scheduled to travel to the US over the weekend and his calendar is going to be jam-packed. His visit coincides with his planned participation at the <keyword id="23145156" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Quad-Leaders-Summit" source="keywords">Quad Leaders Summit</keyword> (including representatives from Australia, India, Japan and the US) in Wilmington, Delaware, hosted by President Joe Biden. As per a White House official, the meet-up will feature "ambitious announcements in multiple areas such as maritime security, high-quality infrastructure and critical and emerging technologies to demonstrate the group’s endurance". Prime Minister Modi will have bilateral meetings with President Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Sunday, following the conclusion of the Quad Summit. A special event, the Cancer Moonshot initiative, is also scheduled on the sidelines of the summit. In his meeting with President Biden, India and the US are anticipated to sign several agreements, including those related to the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework and a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on drug frameworks. Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri stated that Modi and Biden will review the comprehensive global strategic partnership between India and the US, which spans over 50 areas of engagement and bilateral dialogue mechanisms. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="113085171" title="India is likely to benefit if Trump wins US elections, per Nomura Global Research" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>Both leaders will also assess progress in areas of cooperation, though tensions remain due to the alleged assassination plot involving Khalistani leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun. The investigation is ongoing, and India has formed a committee to examine the accusations. This visit may serve to ease some of the friction in the relationship. Defence cooperation remains a key area of collaboration between India and the U.S., including agreements on the procurement of 31 MQ-9B Predator drones, joint manufacturing of Stryker Infantry Combat Vehicles, and co-production of GE F414 engines in India. The Ukraine conflict is also expected to be a topic of discussion. Prime Minister Modi is supposed to attend the "Modi &amp; US" community event at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Long Island. The event, already overbooked with more than 24,000 Indian Americans registered for a venue with a capacity of 15,000, has attracted attendees from 42 states, especially the tri-state area. Additionally, PM Modi will allegedly lead a roundtable with CEOs of American companies working in fields like AI, quantum computing, biotechnology, and cutting-edge technology. Lastly, on September 23, Modi will address global leaders at the United Nations' Summit of the Future (SOTF) and is expected to hold bilateral meetings with other heads of state attending the UN General Assembly. Obviously, squeezing in a meeting with Trump and Democrat Candidate Kamala Harris (you know, to balance things out) seems unlikely given Mr Modi’s tight schedule. But we’ll have a clearer picture only in the coming days. <div type="Article" hostid="261" msid="111770277" title="PM Modi likely to address high-level UNGA session on Sep 26" mstype="2" mssubtype="0"></div>

Why is Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi visiting the US this weekend?

<ul class="summary-list"><li>China is menacing Taiwan with the threat of invasion.</li><li>A military strike on the US ally could involve a vast drone attack.</li></ul>In the early hours of a <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-wants-taiwan-make-mistakes-excuse-trigger-blockade-navy-commander-2024-10">Chinese invasion of Taiwan</a>, the narrow strait separating the island from the mainland would likely be transformed into a ferocious battlefield. But it's not just traditional weapons, such as missiles or warships, that will dominate the scene.Vast fleets of <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-ground-drones-iron-soldiers-grow-exponentially-kyrylo-budanov-war-2024-9">unmanned aerial and naval drones</a> will likely darken the skies and hide beneath waves, bringing with them a deadly threat that Taiwan and its allies are ill-prepared to counter.<h2 id="750bdfc9-6a57-42a1-a6a1-2ec3d01f60e8">Creating a 'Hellscape'</h2>Drones could be deployed by China to swarm over <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/taiwans-president-says-china-younger-lai-ching-te-motherland-2024-10">Taiwan</a> and guide high-precision missile strikes, experts told Business Insider.One way to counter China's assumed strategy is a US plan called "Hellscape," Adm. Samuel Paparo, the head of US Indo-Pacific Command, told <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/06/10/taiwan-china-hellscape-military-plan/">The Washington Post.</a>This involves filling the Taiwan Strait, which separates the island from the mainland, with thousands of unmanned submarines, unmanned surface ships, and aerial drones."I want to turn the Taiwan Strait into an unmanned hellscape using a number of classified capabilities," Paparo told the publication. "So that I can make their lives utterly miserable for a month, which buys me the time for the rest of everything."But it's a situation in which the US military and Taiwan are playing catch-up.China, which claims Taiwan as part of its territory,<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-developing-advanced-military-drones-split-into-6-midair-report-2024-3"> is one of the world's leading drone manufacturers,</a> giving the People's Liberation Army a clear advantage in any head-to-head drone confrontation. Taiwan and the US would be on the back foot."The military and commercial drone industrial base in both nations is quite weak," said Stacie Pettyjohn, an analyst at the Center for a New American Security, of Taiwan and the US. <h2 id="22d14278-53db-4659-a4df-526ca493c0e3">Taiwan develops drone fleet to counter China's </h2>If China's nationalist leader Xi Jinping acts on his long-standing ambition to seize control of Taiwan, he'd seek to take out high-value US military and Taiwanese targets first.China would likely initially seek to target key US military sites in the region in missile attacks, then deploy thousands of drones to surveil and help pinpoint further strikes."These drones could pass the target's location to long-range artillery that can range Taiwan or ground-based ballistic and cruise missiles," said Pettyjohn.To counter China's invasion, the US and Taiwan would have to deploy drone fleets of their own.Chinese landing vessels transporting troops to the shore of Taiwan would be uniquely vulnerable to a drone attack, Zak Kallenborn, a drone technology analyst, told BI. <div type="image" title="A Ukrainian soldier directs a drone during attacks on Russian military positions near Bakhmut." height="1347" width="2000" msid="114052516" hostid="261" sizebytes="88930"></div>"China likely would have to launch numerous amphibious forces to land on and secure a hold on the island. Those forces are likely to be vulnerable during transit, especially to overwhelming numbers of unmanned vehicles," he said."Think about the famous picture of landing ships on D-Day. The soldiers are packed butt-to-butt with no overhead cover. A single, small drone-dropped explosive would blow them apart."Surveillance drones could also be used to "find Chinese landing forces" and to target them with weapons such as artillery or long-range missiles, added Pettyjohn, while small first-person view drones could be used "like kamikazes as a strike weapon to prevent the Chinese troops from being able to reorganize after making it ashore."<h2 id="c2e05297-67ea-4786-86a6-519d91007332">Numbers count</h2>But countering China's drone capability is in part a numbers game, and this is where Taiwan and the US currently fall short. China produces millions of drones annually, with Chinese firm DJI accounting for around 70% of the global market, according to <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.ft.com/content/da3f0820-e61a-4e0e-a451-685f760524ea">the Financial Times</a>. When combined with other Chinese drone companies, that share goes up to well above 80%, it said.Taiwan has struggled to produce its own version of the long-range Predator drones used by the US military, the Teng Yun, said Pettyjohn, and urgently needs to diversify its supply of commercial drones and their components to reduce its dependence on Chinese manufacturers."Taiwan has a few other classes of smaller military drones, but not nearly in the numbers that would be needed to defeat China," said Pettyjohn.To this end, US military companies are increasing cooperation with firms in Taiwan.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/world/asia/us-taiwan-drones-china.html">The New York Times </a>reported in September that US and Taiwanese government officials met in Philadelphia to discuss ways to coordinate drone production and enhance the independence of their supply chains. But experts believe efforts need to ramp up.In March, the <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://comptroller.defense.gov/Portals/45/Documents/defbudget/FY2025/FY2025_Weapons.pdf">US Army</a> requested $2.4 billion for the development of unmanned aircraft systems and more than $400 million for counter-drone tech in its fiscal 2025 budget request.Weeks later, Adm. John Aquilino, the leader of the Indo-Pacific Command, warned the <a target="_blank" rel="" href="https://armedservices.house.gov/sites/republicans.armedservices.house.gov/files/INDOPACOM%20Posture%20Testimony%20ADM%20Aquilino%20HASC.pdf">House Armed Services Committee</a> that China had increased its overall defense budget by 16% to more than $223 billion.<h2 id="c209aaf3-0630-45e9-ad27-82294265e678">Enhanced air defense systems needed</h2>Spurred by lessons in Ukraine, military planners in the US are focusing on new ways to shoot drones down or neutralize them. Both <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-beating-russia-in-the-drone-production-race-2024-10">Russian and Ukrainian forces have deployed electronic warfare units</a> to disable drones, scrambling the signals used to navigate the devices.This method would be vital for tracking and disabling some of the smaller drones China might use in an attack on Taiwan, said Pettyjohn. But such defences are useless for more sophisticated drones, with both the US and Chinese militaries developing models resistant to electronic warfare interference. "The United States, China, and other states around the world are rapidly aiming to develop autonomous drones that do not need such input. If we can master that technology, electronic warfare will be less central to the drone space," said Kallenborn. <div type="image" title="A Skydio quadcopter drone of the US military." height="2631" width="3943" msid="114052519" hostid="261" sizebytes="62578"></div>Conventional air defense systems capable of shooting drones from the sky would be needed to eliminate more sophisticated models. But in this area as well, said Pettyjohn, Taiwan is deficient. "Currently the US and Taiwan do not have sufficient air defenses and CUAS [counter drone] systems to deal with the Chinese drone threat," she said. Another issue is geographical distance. The US would have to get enough drones to Taiwan quickly enough to make a difference and replace the large numbers that'd likely be destroyed in a conflict.Much is at stake. As <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-wants-taiwan-make-mistakes-excuse-trigger-blockade-navy-commander-2024-10">BI previously reported,</a> in its Global Peace <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" class="" href="https://www.economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/GPI-2023-Web.pdf">Index</a> 2023, the Institute for Economics and Peace estimated that a Chinese blockade of Taiwan would result in a $2.7 trillion loss in world economic activity in the first year alone, equivalent to a 2.8% decline in global GDP.Bloomberg's <a target="_blank" rel=" nofollow" class="" href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-05-25/bloomberg-new-economy-china-blockade-simulation-raises-5-trillion-risk">modeling</a>, meanwhile, estimates that a total blockade of Taiwan and Western sanctions on China could result in a 5% worldwide GDP decline, with US GDP falling by 3.3% and China's by 8.9%. In the end, Kallenborn said, the ability to produce enough drones in sufficient numbers to be decisive will be key to how much devastation China can inflict."We've seen in Ukraine that major drone warfare requires major production capabilities to sustain the heavy losses," he said."The US and Taiwan absolutely should be and are developing production capabilities, though no doubt more can be done."

China is menacing Taiwan with a drone swarm attack — and the US is playing catch-up

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US has approved a $2 billion arms sale to Taiwan that includes missile and radar systems.</li><li>The potential sale would include three NASAMS air-defense systems.</li></ul>The US on Friday approved a potential <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-send-taiwan-largest-ever-security-package-officials-china-threat-2024-9">arms sale package</a> for Taiwan worth nearly $2 billion.The first part of the package would include three National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS) and 123 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM-ER) missiles, among other things, costing $1.16 billion, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said in a press release.An additional $828 million sale would include radar systems, the agency said.The deal awaits approval by Congress.The DSCA said the package would improve Taiwan's "capability to meet current and future threats" by improving its air defenses and helping it provide regional security and increase "interoperability" with the US."The proposed sale of this equipment and support will not alter the basic military balance in the region," it added.The <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/countries-are-giving-ukraine-air-defenses-for-russian-missiles-drones-2022-11">NASAMS is a medium-range air-defense system</a> that can be used to defend against aircraft, drones, and cruise missiles.It was developed jointly by the US firm Raytheon and Norway's Kongsberg Defense and Aerospace.The system, which has as range of around 25 miles, has been battle-tested in the Russia-Ukraine war.US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said in November 2022 that the NASAMS system had up to that point had a 100% success rate in intercepting Russian missiles."Their performance, so far, has been very impressive," he said.It comes amid China's continued military presence around Taiwan.China, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province, has regularly conducted military exercises around the island.A spokseperson for the Chinese military's Eastern Theater Command <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/7Cztrgac9tEcCmUoBAVk4Q">called</a> drills that took place earlier this month in the Taiwan Strait and around Taiwan "a stern warning to the separatist acts of 'Taiwan Independence' forces."One analyst told Business Insider in June that increasing <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/china-showed-how-easily-no-notice-it-can-surround-taiwan-2024-6">military exercises around the island had the "makings of a blockade."</a>The Chinese military has been able to "essentially start mounting an increased tempo of these large-scale drills that have a lot of the makings of a blockade," Tom Shugart, a former US Navy officer and current adjunct senior fellow at the Center for a New American Security think tank, said.Further exercises in May had showed that China's fleet was "very well suited" for a blockade or quarantine of the island, he added.Wellington Koo, Taiwan's defense minister, said on Wednesday that a real Chinese blockade of Taiwan would be an act of war, per <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taiwan-says-chinese-aircraft-carrier-group-sailed-through-taiwan-strait-2024-10-22/">Reuters</a>.Business Insider has contacted the Department of Defense for comment.

US approves $2B arms sale to Taiwan including air-to-air missiles and NASAMS weapon systems

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US Secret Service increased security near Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach.</li><li>A local road will be closed to through traffic until the November general election "at a minimum."</li></ul>The US Secret Service is bolstering security around Donald Trump's <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/inside-trump-mar-a-lago-club-photos-2018-1">Mar-a-Lago Club</a> after last weekend's <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-photo-rally-shooting-republican-rallying-call-2024-7">assassination attempt</a>.The <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://townofpalmbeach.com/1279/Planned-Traffic-Impacts">Town of Palm Beach</a> told residents that 1100 South Ocean Boulevard will be closed to through traffic starting Saturday morning and continue "24/7 until the November general election at a minimum."<div type="image" title="Photo of roads around Mar-a-Lago from Palm Beach traffic alert." height="510" width="2068" msid="111892007" hostid="261" sizebytes="44026"></div>"The US Secret Service has made this decision, neither Town Officials nor the Town Council," an <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://townofpalmbeach.com/AlertCenter.aspx?AID=Road-Closure-1100-South-Ocean-Boulevard--2049">alert said</a>. "The Town is working closely with the US Secret Service to minimize the impacts of this road closure."The alert added that the Town of Palm Beach intends to explore legal options to "ensure that the road remains open in the absence of the protected person(s) in residence."The new security measures at Mar-a-Lago come one week after 20-year-old <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/who-was-thomas-matthew-crooks-the-trump-rally-shooter-2024-7">Thomas Matthew Crooks</a> shot at Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.<div type="image" title="Former President Donald Trump" height="1889" width="2833" msid="111892044" hostid="261" sizebytes="103544"></div>The incident prompted criticism of the US Secret Service, which has shouldered much of the blame for a perceived <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/secret-service-could-have-mistaken-trump-shooter-for-police-sniper-2024-7">lapse in security</a>.Anthony Cangelosi, a former special agent who directed the Secret Service's technical security advances for presidential candidates, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ex-secret-service-agents-how-trump-assassin-could-fire-shots-2024-7">previously told Business Insider</a> that he expects the Secret Service to require "a lot more personnel" on-site when Trump speaks publicly in the future.Cangelosi, who is now a professor at the City University of New York — said he thinks the Secret Service will also rely more on local law enforcement for security at future events."It's a tremendous false multiplier in these situations," Cangelosi said. "They know a lot about the area. They can bring in additional personnel. And 99% of the times the local law enforcement likes it, they like participating."<a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/biden-orders-investigation-trump-security-assassination-attempt-2024-7">President Joe Biden</a> last week ordered an independent probe into the security at Trump's rally. GOP <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mike-johnson-trump-rally-shooting-political-rhetoric-election-2024-7">House Speaker Mike Johnson</a> said the House would launch a "full investigation" into the events related to the shooting.A <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://x.com/SecretSvcSpox/status/1814317814666170693">press release</a> from the Secret Service said its director, Kimberly Cheatle, is scheduled to testify before the House Committee on Oversight on Monday."The Secret Service is fully accountable for the safety of its protectees," the <a target="_blank" class="editor-rtfLink" href="https://x.com/SecretSvcSpox/status/1814317814666170693">statement read</a>. "We are committed to better understanding what happened before, during and after the assassination attempt of former President Trump to ensure it never happens again. That includes complete cooperation with Congress, the FBI and other relevant investigations."The FBI is the lead federal law enforcement agency investigating the attempted assassination.Representatives for Trump's campaign, the Trump Organization, and the US Secret Service did not respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Secret Service locks down Mar-a-Lago as it amps up security around Trump

Washington/New Delhi, The US will ink a deal of <keyword id="8759762" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="integrated-air-defence">Integrated Air Defence</keyword> Weapon System (IADWS) at an estimated cost of $1.867 billion with India. The US state department on Monday made a "determination approving a possible foreign military sale to India". The <keyword id="515876" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="US-Defence-Security-Cooperation-Agency">US Defence Security Cooperation Agency</keyword> had informed the US Congress about the decision to sale the defence weapon system on February 7. The proposed sale of the <keyword id="46638" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="equipment">equipment</keyword> and support system will not alter the basic military balance in the region, the US government said in the context of neighbouring enemy countries. It stated: "India has requested to buy an <keyword id="8759763" type="COMPANY" weightage="20" keywordseo="integrated-air-defense">Integrated Air Defense</keyword> Weapon System (IADWS) comprising five components which are AN/MPQ-64Fl Sentinel radar systems; 118 AMRAAM AIM-120C-7/C-8 missiles; 3 AMRAAM Guidance Sections; 4 AMRAAM Control Sections; and 134 Stinger FIM-92L missiles." The US stated that India had requested to include 32 M4A1 rifles; 40,320 M855 5.56 mm cartridges; Fire Distribution Centers (FDC) and Handheld Remote Terminals. The deal also includes Electrical Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) sensor systems; AMRAAM Non-Developmental Item-Airborne Instrumentation Units (NDIAAIU); Multi-spectral Targeting System-Model A (MTS-A); Canister Launchers (CN); High Mobility Launchers (HML) and Dual Mount Stinger (DMS) Air Defence Systems. The US will also sell Vehicle Mounted Stinger Rapid Ranger Air Defence Systems; communications equipment; tool kits; test equipment; range and test programmes; support equipment; prime movers; generators; technical documentation; computer based training equipment; training equipment; training towers; ammunition storage; training and maintenance facilities; infrastructure improvements; US government and contractor technical support, engineering and logistics support services; warranty services; Systems and Integration Checkout (SICO); field office support and other related elements of logistics and programme support. The total estimated cost is $1.867 billion. "This proposed sale will support the foreign policy and national security of the US by helping to strengthen the US-India strategic relationship and to improve the security of a major defensive partner, which continues to be an important force for political stability, peace and economic progress in the Indo-Pacific and South Asia region," the US government stated. India intends to use these defence articles and services to modernise its armed forces, and to expand its existing air defence architecture to counter threats posed by air attacks. This will contribute to India's military goal to update its capability while further enhancing greater interoperability between India and the US. Around 60 US government or contractor representatives will travel to India for a period of six weeks wherein they will be involved in activities that include de-processing, fielding, training and technical and logistics support.

US to sell $1 bn worth air defence weapons to India

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The US intercepted Russian and Chinese bombers near Alaska on Wednesday.</li><li>They weren't seen as a threat, but it's the first time the countries have been seen cooperating this way.</li></ul>North American Aerospace Defense Command said it sent fighter jets to intercept four Russian and Chinese bombers as they passed near Alaska on Wednesday.The military planes — two Russian Tu-95s and two Chinese H-6s — did not enter US airspace but passed through Alaska's Air Defense Identification Zone, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.norad.mil/Newsroom/Press-Releases/Article/3849184/norad-detects-tracks-and-intercepts-russian-and-prc-aircraft-operating-in-the-a/">NORAD said</a>.An unnamed US defense official <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://edition.cnn.com/2024/07/24/politics/norad-russian-chinese-bombers-alaska/index.html">told CNN</a> that it was the first time aircraft from the two countries had been intercepted together.The planes were "not seen as a threat," the NORAD statement read, though it said that it would continue to track such activity and "meet presence with presence."An Air Defense Identification Zone is a patch of airspace outlined by the US government that extends beyond the country's 12-mile territorial airspace, and where incoming planes are required to identify themselves and comply with additional security measures.Russian aircraft have been <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/how-us-f-22s-intercept-russian-aircraft-over-alaskan-arctic-2020-4">regularly intercepted around Alaska</a>, but Chinese aircraft far less so.The head of US Northern Command, Gen. Gregory Guillot, <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/31424fulltranscript.pdf">told a Senate hearing</a> in March that he expected to see Chinese planes in the region by the end of the year."What I have seen is a willingness and a desire by the Chinese to act up there," he said.Most of this is purportedly done under the auspices of scientific research, Guillot said, "but we think it is certainly multi-mission, to include military."<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jul/22/2003507411/-1/-1/0/DOD-ARCTIC-STRATEGY-2024.PDF">The Pentagon's Arctic strategy</a> for 2024, released in June, noted "increasing collaboration" between China and Russia in the region.And Kathleen Hicks, the deputy secretary of defense, said at a media briefing on Monday that the US has seen "growing cooperation between the PRC and Russia in the Arctic commercially, with the PRC being a major funder of Russian energy exploitation in the Arctic," <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.voanews.com/a/china-russia-push-back-over-washington-s-arctic-warning-/7709248.html">Agence France-Presse reported</a>.PRC is the acronym for the People's Republic of China.The intercept comes only a few days after Moscow and Beijing pushed back against the US' characterization of their ambitions in the region, AFP reported.A Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson said this week that the US "makes thoughtless remarks on China's normal Arctic activities," the outlet reported.Meanwhile, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov criticized the US Arctic strategy, saying Russia is trying to avoid the region "becoming 'a territory of discord' that escalates tensions," <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://tass.com/politics/1820307">according to Russian state-owned news agency TASS</a>.

Russian and Chinese bombers were intercepted flying together for the first time near the US

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