India-US strategic partnership set for new high with deals and drills

The previous UPA regime had stonewalled all attempts by the US to ink the three so-called "foundational military agreements" during its 10-year tenure on the ground that it would "compromise the strategic autonomy" of India. But the NDA government went ahead and inked the first one on reciprocal logistics support - Logistics Exchange Memorandum of Agreement with India-specific safeguards in 2016.