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NEW DELHI - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates plunged into one of the world’s hottest arms market Tuesday, saying rapidly expanding US-Indian defence ties were in both countries’ interests.
His arrival coincided with news that India successfully tested its first nuclear capable missile from a submerged platform, completing its goal of developing air, land and sea-based ballistic missiles.
Asked if helping to arm an emerging nuclear power carried risks, Gates said, “We have to deal with the world as we find it.”
“India is the world’s largest democracy. It is in our interest to develop this relationship, just as it is in India’s,” he told reporters in New Delhi after strolling the grounds of the tomb of 16th century Mughal emperor Humayun.
He cited the ambitious schedule of US-Indian exchanges and exercises, and the growing defence trade relationship.
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