Security News > 2020 > October > India and USA to share high-quality satellite imagery and more under new pact

The USA and India have struck a new defence pact that will see the two nations share high-quality spatial data and satellite images.

Doing so means that India can, in theory, be more precise should it act in neighbouring trouble spots.

The new agreement is also a tacit admission that BECA will mean India enjoys better information than it can gather with its own efforts.

The new agreement means India will enjoy the same level of access to US data as key regional allies Australia and Japan.

News of the enhanced US/India pact comes a week after India's Department of Space released a new draft policy [PDF] on space-based communication.

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