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The Hindu
25-05-2025
- Business
- The Hindu
India views China as ‘primary adversary', Pakistan more ‘ancillary' security problem: U.S. report
India views China as its 'primary adversary' and Pakistan more an 'ancillary' security problem to be 'managed', despite cross-border attacks in mid-May by both India's and Pakistan's militaries, while Pakistan regards India as an 'existential' threat, the U.S. Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) said in its Worldwide Threat Assessment 2025 report. 'Prime Minister Narendra Modi's defence priorities will probably focus on demonstrating global leadership, countering China, and enhancing New Delhi's military power,' the recently released report said. On Pakistan, the report said it would continue to pursue its military modernisation effort, including the development of battlefield nuclear weapons, to offset India's conventional military advantage. Pakistan was modernising its nuclear arsenal and 'almost certainly' procured WMD-applicable goods from foreign suppliers and intermediaries, it stated. Pahalgam terror attack Taking note of the Pahalgam terror attack on April 22 and India's strikes on terror infrastructure under Operation Sindoor and the military confrontation over the next three days, the U.S. DIA said that to counter Chinese influence and boost its global leadership role, India was giving priority to advancing its bilateral defence partnerships in the Indian Ocean region through exercises, training, arms sales, and information sharing. 'India also has increased trilateral engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and actively participates in multilateral fora such as the Quadrilateral, BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organisation and Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN),' it added. On India's relations with Russia, the U.S. DIA remarked that India would maintain its relationship through 2025 because 'it views its ties to Russia as important for achieving its economic and defence objectives and sees value in the relationship as a means to offset deepening Russia-China relations.' 'Under Mr. Modi, India has reduced its procurement of Russian-origin military equipment but still relies on Russian spare parts to maintain and sustain its large inventory of Russian-origin tanks and fighter aircraft that form the backbone of its military's ability to counter perceived threats from China and Pakistan,' the report stated. India almost certainly would continue promoting its 'Made in India' initiative this year to build its domestic defence industry, mitigate supply chain concerns, and modernise its military, the report said. It said India continued to modernise its military in 2024 — a test of the nuclear-capable developmental Agni-I Prime Medium Range Ballistic Missile (MRBM) and the Agni-V multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle, while also commissioning its second nuclear-powered submarine to strengthen its nuclear triad and 'bolster its ability' to deter adversaries. Referring to the agreement between India and China in October 2024 for disengagement from Depsang and Demchok, the report noted that the disengagement did not resolve the longstanding dispute about border demarcation but reduced some tension still lingering from a 2020 incident when troops on both sides were killed in a clash along the Line of Actual Control.
Time of India
25-05-2025
- Business
- Time of India
India views China as its primary adversary, Pakistan more an ancillary security problem, says US defence intelligence report
Live Events (You can now subscribe to our (You can now subscribe to our Economic Times WhatsApp channel the US Defence Intelligence Agency in its threat assessment report 2025 has said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's defence priorities will likely focus on demonstrating global leadership, countering China, and enhancing the country's military power."India views China as its primary adversary and Pakistan more an ancillary security problem to be managed, despite cross-border attacks in mid-May by both India's and Pakistan's militaries," the report comes after recent tensions between India and Pakistan after Indian airstrikes targeted terrorist infrastructure in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir following the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam last month."Following a late April terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir, New Delhi conducted missile strikes on terrorism-related infrastructure facilities in Pakistan. The missile strike provoked multiple rounds of missile, drone, and loitering munition attacks, and heavy artillery fire, by both militaries from 7 to 10 May. As of 10 May, both militaries had agreed to a full ceasefire," the report report adds that India is prioritising bilateral defence partnerships in the Indian Ocean region to counter Chinese influence and boost its global leadership the report says that India and China's disengagement along the Line of Actual Control last year "did not resolve the longstanding dispute about border demarcation but reduced some tension still lingering" from the 2020 clash."India also has increased trilateral engagement in the Indo-Pacific region and actively participates in multilateral fora such as the Quadrilateral, BRICS, Shanghai Cooperation Organization and ASEAN," the report said."India almost certainly will continue promoting its "Made in India" initiative this year to build its domestic defense industry, mitigate supply chain concerns, and modernize its military India continued to modernize its military in 2024, conducting a test of the nuclear-capable developmental Agni-I Prime MRBM and the Agni-V multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle while also commissioning its second nuclear-powered submarine to strengthen its nuclear triad and bolster its ability to deter adversaries," it India's ties with Russia, the report says that New Delhi will maintain its relationshipOn India-Russia ties, the US report said India will maintain its relationship with Russia through views its ties with Russia "as important for achieving its economic and defense objectives and sees value in the relationship as a means to offset deepening Russia-China relations"."Under Modi, India has reduced its procurement of Russian-origin military equipment but still relies on Russian spare parts to maintain and sustain its large inventory of Russian-origin tanks and fighter aircraft that form the backbone of its military's ability to counter perceived threats from China and Pakistan," the report Defense Intelligence Agency comes under the US Department of Defense and specialises in military intelligence.
