CAATSA - Abbreviated as Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act
- Enacted in response to Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and its involvement in US presidential elections 2016
- Impose sanctions on countries that purchase major defence hardwares from Russia.
WHY US SENATORS DO NOT WANT TO IMPOSE SANCTION OVER INDIA:
- Affect America's National Security Interest
- Affect India-Us Relationship as a whole
- Recent days India reduces its dependency from Russia
- India gives equal importance to US and Russia
India -> Global Manufacturing Hub
To grant National Interest Waiver to India as provided under CAATSA as this is in America's
National Security Interest Waiver Authority as written into the law by Congress allows the
president additional discretion in applying sanction
Indian Ocean , Indo-pacific region -> Security issues with China and india
NSA POST -> 1998(PM ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE) From 2014
National Security Advisor AJITH DOVEL.
INTELLIGENCE BUREAU ( for internal issues and threats)
- National Security
- Economic growth
- Welfare of people
- Foreign relations
- Updating in defense
- Employment
RESEARCH AND ANALYSIS WING (RAW) For External issues
AIRFORCE: Aircraft,Missile system
To Strength
- Indigenisation - To Produce our own
- Import (S400 - 5 billion US DOLLARS (Russia) , RAFALE(France))
S400 -> Surface to air missile ; Suitable for different terrains
- In 2018, India signed a USD 5Billion deal with Russia to buy five units of S-400 air defence missile system
- It is Russia's most advanced long range surface to air missile defence system
Credits:Leo Srilekha
