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Answer in about 150 words: Discuss the three areas of security co-operation between India and Israel.

  • UPSC 2026
  • 10 marks
  • Recent Developments in Indian Foreign Policy

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Security is the load-bearing pillar of the India–Israel relationship. Its founding moment was the Kargil conflict of 1999, when Israel supplied precision munitions and surveillance drones without preconditions, not the exchange of embassies in 1992. On SIPRI's 2021–25 data, Israel supplied about 15% of India's arms imports (third, after Russia and France), while India took…

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  • 1. Defence supply, co-development and co-production
  • 2. Counter-terrorism, intelligence and homeland security
  • 3. Cyber, space and critical technologies
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