{"id":1954474,"date":"2023-06-22T16:57:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-to-acquire-31-reaper-drones-from-u-s\/"},"modified":"2023-06-22T16:59:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-22T20:59:12","slug":"india-to-acquire-31-reaper-drones-from-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-to-acquire-31-reaper-drones-from-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"India to buy 31 Reaper drones from the U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findia-to-acquire-31-reaper-drones-from-u-s%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1954474&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">US President Joe Biden (R), US First Lady Jill Biden (L) and India\u2019s Prime Minister Narendra Modi leave the South Lawn after the welcome ceremony at the White House in Washington, DC, on June 22, 2023. (Photo by ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/roy-francis\">Roy Francis<\/a><br \/>1:45 PM \u2013 Thursday, June 22, 2023<\/p>\n<p>An agreement which would have India buy 31 Reaper drones from the United States is set to be signed during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s first State trip .<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">India will purchase 31 MQ-9B Armed Predator Drones from the US following PM Modi&#8217;s meeting with Joe Biden. <\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s all you need to know from the massive $3 BILLION deal! \ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf2<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 India acquires 31 MQ-9B armed drones from General Atomics.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 These are Predators with high-precision\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dLqxXSkA9K\">pic.twitter.com\/dLqxXSkA9K<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Shahzeb Khan (@theshahzebkhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theshahzebkhan\/status\/1671879027433562112?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Modi, who will be making his trip from June 21<sup>st<\/sup> until June 24<sup>th<\/sup>, will be joined by President Joe Biden to announce the deal between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The deal, in which India will acquire 31 General Atomics MQ-9 \u201cReaper\u201d armed drones, was approved on June 15<sup>th<\/sup> by India\u2019s Ministry of Defense under a government-to-government framework. The drones will reportedly cost around $3 billion.<\/p>\n<p>The drones will help New Delhi strengthen its overall surveillance apparatus along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) and the Indian Ocean, and it will be operated by the country\u2019s three military branches, the Army, Navy, and Air Force.<\/p>\n<p>The deal was agreed to by the U.S. in order to draw India away from the influence of Russia. Modi also said that the deal will open a \u201cnew chapter\u201d in the strategic relationship between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>India has maintained a non-aligned foreign policy, however, due to the rising tensions along its 3,500 km-long border with China, it has moved closer to the U.S. and is more open to deals that would increase coordination between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>The MQ-9 reaper drone, made by General Atomics, is able to carry up to 500% more payload in comparison to the earlier MQ-1, which involves eight laser-guided Air-to-Ground 114 Hellfire Missiles. The drone is able to operate up to 50,000 feet and has a payload capacity of 3,850 with an endurance of 27 hours at speeds of up to 240 KTAS (knots true airspeed).<\/p>\n<p>The drone is equipped to perform strike, coordination, or reconnaissance missions and is primarily used in time-sensitive and high-value target missions.<\/p>\n<p>A second deal was also agreed to which will have General Electric co<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/india-to-acquire-31-reaper-drones-from-u-s\/\" title=\"India to buy 31 Reaper drones from the U.S.\">-produce fighter jet engines<\/a> in India, which the Biden administration boasted was a \u201ctrailblazing initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Biden has received criticism for his willingness to grant Modi a state visit due to the fact that Indian democracy is under increasing threat from a squeeze on free expression and the incitement of violence against Christians.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Financial Times, U.S. officials said that \u201cBiden will approach discussion about human rights with a \u2018degree of humility,\u2019 and after the meeting had concluded, Biden had said that he had a \u2018good discussion\u2019 with Modi about \u2018democratic values.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stay informed! 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