Growing defence ties: India keen to buy drones from US

India is vying to become one of the first countries to import armed Predator Avenger drones from the US in an apparent bid to counter Pakistan’s indigenous drone technology. The unmanned aircraft manufactured by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. are sleek, fast, killing machines. If approved, the purchase would be another sign of the growing defence ties between Washington and New Delhi. India was the second-largest buyer of US arms in 2014, up from virtually nothing five years ago.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 11^th, 2015.