CDS Anil Chauhan held key talks with US and UK military leaders, strengthening strategic alignment on Indo-Pacific security, technology cooperation, and global challenges, while signalling plans to expand bilateral and tri-service defence engagements and operational coordination
Senior US military leaders told lawmakers over 108,000 American soldiers are deployed across 160 countries, maintaining global operations while confronting conflicts in the Middle East and rising threats from China and Russia, despite ongoing readiness challenges such as ageing equipment and maintenance delays
