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Japan Urges India to Fast-Track UNICORN Naval Radar Agreement
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Japan wants India to hurry a naval radar pact: the India–Japan defence tech-transfer link GS-II tests
Japan asked India to expedite internal approvals for the UNICORN naval radar pact.
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Japan has called on India to speed up its internal process for the UNICORN naval radar agreement.
The technology-transfer pact was signed during Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's visit to India in July.
ஆதாரங்கள்: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
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- UNICORN is a naval radar technology-transfer agreement between India and Japan.
- The pact was signed during Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi's visit to India in July.
- Japan has now asked India to speed up its internal approval process for the agreement.
- India and Japan share a Special Strategic and Global Partnership, elevated in 2014.
- Technology transfer in defence links to India's Atmanirbharta and Indo-Pacific security goals.
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- UNICORN is a naval radar agreement, a technology-transfer pact between India and Japan.
- India–Japan relations are described as a Special Strategic and Global Partnership.
- Technology transfer means the recipient country gains know-how, not only finished equipment.
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GS-II (International Relations) and GS-III (Defence). Japan's push for faster Indian approvals shows how bilateral defence-technology pacts depend on domestic procedural clearances. Streamlining inter-ministerial approvals, aligning with Atmanirbhar Bharat in defence and deepening Indo-Pacific cooperation is the way forward.
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