India to Train Singapore Armed Forces?

The Times Of India 9 Oct 2007, 0221 hrs IST,Rajat Pandit,TNN

NEW DELHI: India will now be a regular host for the training of Singapore's small but high-tech armed forces. The two countries are poised to ink a unique five-year defence cooperation pact to allow the city-state's armed forces to exercise regularly on Indian territory and airspace. The comprehensive agreement, along with a detailed logistical pact, is likely to be signed when Singapore defence minister Teo Chee Hean and permanent secretary (defence) Chiang Chie Foo come visiting over the next few days, say sources. The former's visit from October 14 to 18 will be preceded by the Foo's visit from October 8 to 10. The Singapore delegations are scheduled to hold discussions with defence minister A K Antony, Navy chief Admiral Sureesh Mehta and defence secretary Vijay Singh, among others. during the talks, the two sides will also discuss "regional security, including expanding cooperation in the maritime security arena". The upward trajectory in defence cooperation with Singapore, of course, ties in perfectly with India's "Look East" policy and the strategy to build stronger military linkages in the Asia-Pacific region to counter China. Singapore, in fact, is fast emerging as a hub for India’s expanding political, economic and security ties with East Asia. Under the bilateral agreement, approved by the Cabinet Committee on Security chaired by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Singapore will keep some of its military equipment in India on a permanent basis now. "Singapore simply does not have the space for its armed forces to engage in large-scale exercises. Though its armed forces have been coming here for exercises under a 2003 defence cooperation pact, this will be the first time such a detailed long-term agreement will be signed," said an official. Land, of course, is a scarce commodity for Singapore, considering that a fighter jet can fly across it in two minutes. Consequently, it has signed similar agreements for training facilities abroad with countries like US, France, Australia, Thailand and Taiwan. "Apart from paying for the access to our training facilities, Singapore will also consider investments to upgrade them. We, in return, will get access to their state-of-the-art weaponry," said the official. The budding defence ties with Singapore have already worked to India's benefit. For instance, though IAF pilots were desperate to size up F-16 fighter jets ever since Pakistan acquired them from US in the mid-1980s, they never got the opportunity to get a first-hand look at them. Then, in October 2004, Singapore Air Force came visiting with its F-16s, which were pitted against the Indian Sukhoi-30MKIs, MiG-29s and Mirage-2000s at the "Sindex-Ankush" exercise at Gwalior

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The use of spies, of whom there are five classes:
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