Amid China’s hegemonic plans in Indo-Pacific, US-India cyber defence initiative Indus X could be key
Synopsis
Every now and then China keeps making aggressive manoeuvres in the Indo-Pacific. With this in view, the US, India and other allies have collaborated on several initiatives. PM Modi’s US visit starting June 21 will see the commencement of one such initiative called Indus X. How crucial is this for the US and India besides technology-sharing and defence trade?
In 2020, a satellite picture provided by an American cyber-defence firm that collects real-time geospatial imagery made headlines in India. Planet Labs Inc published pictures of Ladakh’s Galwan valley area near the Line of Actual Control (LAC) between India and China. These first real-time pictures laid bare China’s military build-up along the LAC to the world. Interestingly, even in 2018, the same company Plant Labs was at the forefront in
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