India gets what it wants: US

A senior US official said on Thursday that India has been getting what it wants from the US in terms of defence equipment and technology.

A senior US official said on Thursday that India has been getting what it wants from the US in terms of defence equipment and technology.

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Assistant secretary of state (political military affairs) Andrew Shapiro said at a briefing that the rejection rate for Indian procurement applications were less than 1%, which is as much as that for the closest allies of the US. The processing time for applications from India was down from about 30-40 days to 17 days.

Shapiro said such defence trade practices sometimes put US at a disadvantageous position. He also rejected claims that US special forces units were being stationed in India.