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 YES. HAVING JOINT military exercises with the US does not mean abandoning an independent foreign policy. The Left should learn from France, which is opposed to the US on foreign-policy issues, and yet, continues to intensify its military relationship with the US.
Abdus Samad
Incheon, South Korea
 I DON?T THINK we need military exercises with the US. The Kargil war has already proved that our defence is very strong.
Goutam Nag
Via e-mail
YES, THE IAF needs experience in beyond-visual-range (BVR) combat, which only the US air force can provide.
Kingshuk Barua
St Lawrence High School
INDIA NEEDS COMBAT experience against the F-16Ds, which the Pakistanis have procured, and the US is the only country that has agreed to field F-16Ds in a joint exercise with India.
Somshankar Dey
Hatley?s High School
YES, APART FROM the fact that we will pick up various military strategies in the process, these exercises also signal the growing friendship between India and the US.
Deepak Kr Taunk
Balasore
INDIA?S JOINT MILITARY exercise with the US is welcome, considering the country?s recent lack of competence in dealing with terrorist attacks.
Arjun Chaudhuri
Calcutta University
THE EXERCISE WILL will ensure that the IAF is skilled in advanced defence technologies like AWACS.
Pramit Das
NIT, Jamshedpur
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