Archive · 30 Dec 2025
US-India Defence Pact Strengthens Regional Stability
The United States and India have signed a big 10-year agreement to work together on defence.
This means they will share more information, do more joint military exercises, and work on new defence technologies.
The agreement was signed by the defence ministers of both countries in Kuala Lumpur.
The goal is to make both countries stronger and more secure.
They also want to increase trade in defence equipment and work together to make things in India.
This agreement is seen as a major step in making the relationship between the two countries even stronger.
The US and India signed a 10-year defence partnership framework on October 31, 2025, in Kuala Lumpur.
The agreement aims to strengthen defence ties, enhance regional stability, and improve information sharing.
Key focus areas include interoperability, joint military exercises, defence trade, and technology cooperation.
Defence trade between the two countries has crossed $20 billion.
The pact supports co-production under the Make in India initiative and technology cooperation through the iCET platform.
- Who
- United States and India
- What
- Signed a 10-year defence partnership framework
- When
- October 31, 2025
- Where
- Kuala Lumpur
- Why
- To strengthen bilateral ties, enhance regional stability, and improve defence coordination
- Agreement Name
- US-India Major Defence Partnership
- Signing Date
- October 31, 2025
- Signatories
- Rajnath Singh (India), Pete Hegseth (US)
- Location
- Kuala Lumpur
- Defence Trade Value
- Over $20 billion
- Key Focus Areas
- Interoperability, Joint Exercises, Information Sharing, Defence Trade, Technology Cooperation