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India Jun 24, 2025

India, South Africa strengthen defence ties with submarine cooperation

India and South Africa have just signed two key agreements to work more closely on submarine projects.
The deals were sealed at a big defense meeting in Johannesburg, where leaders from both countries talked about taking their military partnership to the next level.

TL;DR

New agreements reflect evolving defense ties

This move builds on earlier agreements from the late '90s and 2000, showing how far their defense relationship has come.
Both sides shared updates on what their defense industries can do, with India's Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh calling it "significant progress" rooted in their shared history.
The new deals are all about finding fresh ways to collaborate and keep those long-standing ties strong.