“Stealth, Bots & Beyond: India-Japan Defense Duo Powers Up”, India Narrative, October 21, 2025
“India-Japan defense cooperation has advanced into a pivotal pillar of regional security in the Indo-Pacific, fueled by shared strategic interests, complementary strengths, and an intensifying focus on defense equipment and technology collaboration. For India, partnering with Japan on specific defense equipment and materials is crucial for modernizing its armed forces, catalyzing indigenous defense production, and enhancing strategic autonomy, while supporting its evolving security imperatives.
Strategic Context and Defense Cooperation
The geopolitical environment marked by China’s assertive posture in the Indo-Pacific—territorial disputes, naval expansion, and emerging hybrid threats—has accelerated India and Japan’s defense partnership. The August 2025 Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation highlighted enhanced interoperability, joint exercises, and promoting mutual defense readiness, while emphasizing collaboration on chemical, biological, radiological defense, cyber warfare, and maritime security.
Both nations, as democracies sharing a commitment to a free, open, and rules-based Indo-Pacific, have intensified cooperation in defense equipment development, techno-industrial collaboration, and operational integration. India, in particular, views Japan’s technological sophistication and emerging openness to defense exports as a critical opportunity to upgrade its military capabilities……”
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