Nato offers missile defence cooperation to India

[Fireurimagination]

Nato offers missile defence cooperation to India - The Times of India

BRUSSELS: In a move that holds great strategic significance, Nato has offered to share its missile defence technology with India to build its capability to shoot down incoming enemy missiles, realising the commonality of threats faced by the 28-nation grouping and South Asia's pre-eminent power.

India, thus, becomes the only nation, apart from Russia, outside of the Nato that the US-led military alliance is willing to work in the critical missile defence technology sector.

The Nato missile defence project, launched in May 2001, aims to work with member-countries to meet the group's responsibility of defending itself from missile attacks. India too is in the process of developing its own ballistic missile defence system based on its Prithvi ballistic missile platform considering the missile threats it faces from rivals in the region.

"You (India) have a missile threat that confronts you. We (Nato) have a missile threat that confronts us. Our need to defend against these missile threats might be the same," a senior Nato official told a group of Indian journalists on a visit to the group's headquarters here.

Asked to specify the area that Nato can cooperate with India on missile defence, the official, who did not wish to be named, said: "One will be in the technology of defence."

The official noted that the threats that India and Nato faced may come from different directions and Nato doesn't necessarily see the threats that India sees.

"Because your strategic situation is different from ours. But the technology of discovering and intercepting missiles is the same," he said.

However, he admitted that the cooperation will have to be led by the Americans. The US has an advanced Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) development project than any other member-nation in the Nato, though India has equally robust bilateral relations with most of them including France and United Kingdom.

"The fact is it is more Indo-US than Nato-Indian relationship. But we are getting into ballistic missile defence in a pretty big way. As a result, there is a repository of knowledge that we can share and we can train together. There are experiences that we can talk about," the official said.

India's BMD programme, launched in the middle of the previous decade, is a two-tiered shield system consisting of two interceptor missiles -- the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for high altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile for lower altitude interception. It tested the PAD for the first time in November 2006 and the AAD in December 2007.

With these tests, India became the fourth country to have successfully tested the anti-missile system after the US, Russia and Israel. However, the Indian BMD, mainly focusing to counter missiles with less than 5,000-km range, is far from being perfected and further tests of the BMD system are being planned.

The US has a multiple-missile threat defence system called the National Missile Defence (NMD) intended to shield an entire country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles of over 7,500-km range and other shorter range ballistic missiles.

Nato is conducting three missile defence-related activities -- theatre ballistic missile defence capability for short- and medium-range ballistic missile threats, missile defence for the entire Nato territory, and missile defence cooperation with Russia.

The Nato-Russian cooperation is a by-product of the group expanding its membership post-Cold War beginning 1989, to make allies out of former enemies from the Warsaw Pact countries such as Poland and Czech Republic.

Interesting development, I think India should co-operate although India if I'm not wrong India has it's own missile defence program

 

[Kinetic]

Now this is a major development. By NATO it mean US.



This is another indication that our missile defence capability is moving ahead and nears completion. US always offer something high-tech when we near completion of development of the same.




NATO/US has the only space based and complete missile early warning system. This is one area where India lacks capabilities. If we cooperate in this area with NATO/US and share info this will be great. For God's sake GoI must consider this offer positively. Good that they mentioned it is 'technology of defence'. But if NATO/US thinks that they will place some ABM in India thats out of question.

"You (India) have a missile threat that confronts you. We (Nato) have a missile threat that confronts us. Our need to defend against these missile threats might be the same," a senior Nato official told a group of Indian journalists on a visit to the group's headquarters here.

Asked to specify the area that Nato can cooperate with India on missile defence, the official, who did not wish to be named, said: "One will be in the technology of defence."

"Because your strategic situation is different from ours. But the technology of discovering and intercepting missiles is the same," he said.

Better.

However, he admitted that the cooperation will have to be led by the Americans. The US has an advanced Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) development project than any other member-nation in the Nato, though India has equally robust bilateral relations with most of them including France and United Kingdom.

"The fact is it is more Indo-US than Nato-Indian relationship. But we are getting into ballistic missile defence in a pretty big way. As a result, there is a repository of knowledge that we can share and we can train together. There are experiences that we can talk about," the official said.

GoI must consider the proposal.

 

[WHITESMOKE]

Nato offers missile defence cooperation to India - The Times of India

BRUSSELS: In a move that holds great strategic significance, Nato has offered to share its missile defence technology with India to build its capability to shoot down incoming enemy missiles, realising the commonality of threats faced by the 28-nation grouping and South Asia's pre-eminent power.

India, thus, becomes the only nation, apart from Russia, outside of the Nato that the US-led military alliance is willing to work in the critical missile defence technology sector.

The Nato missile defence project, launched in May 2001, aims to work with member-countries to meet the group's responsibility of defending itself from missile attacks. India too is in the process of developing its own ballistic missile defence system based on its Prithvi ballistic missile platform considering the missile threats it faces from rivals in the region.

"You (India) have a missile threat that confronts you. We (Nato) have a missile threat that confronts us. Our need to defend against these missile threats might be the same," a senior Nato official told a group of Indian journalists on a visit to the group's headquarters here.

Asked to specify the area that Nato can cooperate with India on missile defence, the official, who did not wish to be named, said: "One will be in the technology of defence."

The official noted that the threats that India and Nato faced may come from different directions and Nato doesn't necessarily see the threats that India sees.

"Because your strategic situation is different from ours. But the technology of discovering and intercepting missiles is the same," he said.

However, he admitted that the cooperation will have to be led by the Americans. The US has an advanced Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) development project than any other member-nation in the Nato, though India has equally robust bilateral relations with most of them including France and United Kingdom.

"The fact is it is more Indo-US than Nato-Indian relationship. But we are getting into ballistic missile defence in a pretty big way. As a result, there is a repository of knowledge that we can share and we can train together. There are experiences that we can talk about," the official said.

India's BMD programme, launched in the middle of the previous decade, is a two-tiered shield system consisting of two interceptor missiles -- the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for high altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) missile for lower altitude interception. It tested the PAD for the first time in November 2006 and the AAD in December 2007.

With these tests, India became the fourth country to have successfully tested the anti-missile system after the US, Russia and Israel. However, the Indian BMD, mainly focusing to counter missiles with less than 5,000-km range, is far from being perfected and further tests of the BMD system are being planned.

The US has a multiple-missile threat defence system called the National Missile Defence (NMD) intended to shield an entire country against incoming missiles, such as intercontinental ballistic missiles of over 7,500-km range and other shorter range ballistic missiles.

Nato is conducting three missile defence-related activities -- theatre ballistic missile defence capability for short- and medium-range ballistic missile threats, missile defence for the entire Nato territory, and missile defence cooperation with Russia.

The Nato-Russian cooperation is a by-product of the group expanding its membership post-Cold War beginning 1989, to make allies out of former enemies from the Warsaw Pact countries such as Poland and Czech Republic.

Interesting development, I think India should co-operate although India if I'm not wrong India has it's own missile defence program

The bold part seems exciting..

 

[Kinetic]

NATO/US has the best missile defence and early warning technologies in the world while we face constant threat of using nuclear weapons by the enemy. Is there any reason why we should not be positive about such offer of cooperation in the technology?

 

[Malik Usman]

This is the only reason US / NATO offering India to face China's growing military power.....they are afraid of that....and want to tacle with any means......that's why may be they offered..........otherwise they will never do this.

 

[Kinetic]

This is the only reason US / NATO offering India to face China's growing military power.....they are afraid of that....and want to tacle with any means......that's why may be they offered..........otherwise they will never do this.

This do not have any relation with the topic. It is all about cooperation in missile defence which is common threat faced by NATO/US/India.

 

[UKBengali]

Indians should realise that there will be a price to pay for anything from US/Nato and that is joining an anti-Chinese Alliance.

India will do better to concentrate on building up their own system and not become a pawn of greater powers.

 

[Vasily Zaytsev]

This is the only reason US / NATO offering India to face China's growing military power.....they are afraid of that....and want to tacle with any means......that's why may be they offered..........otherwise they will never do this.

Otherwise or not or whatever.... they are offering India the latest... you should worry about why aren't they offering anything to you?... tsk....tsk..........................lol

 

[Sugarcane]

They will sell missile defense system to India and after that will come to Pak to sell some kind of Anti missile defense system. In fact they are milking both countries

 

[acetophenol]

Indians should realise that there will be a price to pay for anything from US/Nato and that is joining an anti-Chinese Alliance.

India will do better to concentrate on building up their own system and not become a pawn of greater powers.

is the word "china" mentioned anywhere in the article?

 

[LiberalAtheist]

to counter Pakistan's missiles we need ABM's capable of intercepting SRBM's MRBM's and IRBM's that can intercept missiles of the 3,000km class because anything above that would overshoot India

China has the geographic advantage on us to defend against Chinese missiles we need ABM's capable of intercepting missiles up to the 5,000km or 6,000km class (from Harbin to
Nagercoli is 6,277km)

this cooperation sounds good however only way for it to happen is if GOI decides to do it

currently we can intercept missiles of the 2,000km class however in the future

PDV
AD-1
AD-2

will all be hypersonic missiles capable of intercepting missiles of the 5,000km class

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

As long as we get an opportunity to view the technology and use it to improve our indigenous missiles, its a win-win situation for us. Missile co-operation does not mean joining an anti-China bloc.

 

[blackops]

Go for it we need it in a big way

 

[Kinetic]

Indians should realise that there will be a price to pay for anything from US/Nato and that is joining an anti-Chinese Alliance.

where does china come here?

We are already enemies for last many decades, even earlier than US-China enmity. So do we need to join any anti-china alliance?

India will do better to concentrate on building up their own system and not become a pawn of greater powers.

India is developing own system but US has the best system and India rejected many systems those come with restrictions but this is technology cooperation. There is nothing anti-China alliance here.

Though the topic is not about it but there is nothing wrong in cooperation when the enemy is common.

 

[Vasily Zaytsev]

Indians should realise that there will be a price to pay for anything from US/Nato and that is joining an anti-Chinese Alliance.

India will do better to concentrate on building up their own system and not become a pawn of greater powers.

No....we will take that even if it comes to joining anti chinese alliance... lol...........as if today china is pro India...........By the way we would be interested in Nato's anti ballistic missile system specifically to counter china.... and even if we build it by ourself it would be anti china.

In either case it would be anti china.....so keep your suggestion to yourself.