Pompeo invokes China threat as India, US sign satellite data pact

In order to counter China’s growing power in the Indo-Pacific region, India has signed a military agreement with the United States for the sharing of sensitive satellite data as the two sides held a top-level security dialogue on October 26th. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Defense Secretary Mark Esper flew into New Delhi on 26th October for talks with Indian leaders at a time when India is locked in its most serious military standoff with China in decades at the disputed LAC. As ties worsen over a range of issues from Beijing’s handling of the corona virus to its imposition of a new security law in Hong Kong and the future ambitions in the South China Sea, Washington has ramped up the diplomatic pressure on China.