The United States is ready to share with India the secrets of the symbol of their projection in the world: the aircraft carrier. This is not a true alliance, but relations between the two countries have grown to such an extent that the Pentagon has said it is ready to share some of the most valuable military technologies with the growing power of South Asia.
A report by Reuters points out that Washington and New Delhi are working on the joint development of an aircraft carrier for India. Excellent reports also confirmed by the Chief of Naval Operations of the United States, John Richardson, who on a recent visit to India reiterated the progress "for a solid and future collaboration".
The Pentagon, aware of the substantial funds available to the Indians, would have already put EMAILS or Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System technology on the table, until recently jealously guarded by the USA. Since the 2000, India has been looking for a new carrier. The options were limited - explain Reuters - at the time the only available sites (United States, France and Italy) were considered too expensive for India, which is why, in the 2004, they fell back on the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov, built in the era Soviet. For the update, according to the agreements with Moscow, India would have paid 974 million dollars. A year before the delivery (2007), the Indians realized that they would not receive the aircraft carrier in the established times and that they would have to shell out other 2,9 billion dollars to complete the upgrade of the Kirov class carrier. The only sea trials cost 550 million dollars. Named "Vikramaditya", it entered service in January of the 2014. In the coming weeks, a joint working group will start discussing the possible new Indian aircraft carrier. Useless to make fun of: if the US really had to close the deal, the next step will concern the embarked component. It is not a remote possibility, therefore, that the F-35 (in ten years), can equip the first Indian aircraft carrier built with the United States.
It is really true, everyone loves India.
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