Washington Willing to Discuss Selling Missile Defense Systems to India, U.S. Official Says

The United States is willing to discuss supplying missile defense systems to India, a top U.S. State Department official said yesterday, but he also encouraged New Delhi to codify regulatory mechanisms for export controls of sensitive technology (see GSN, June 15).

“We are willing to talk to India about missile defense. Missile defense is very expensive.  So, it is not something that India will enter into lightly,” said Assistant Secretary of State for Arms Control Stephen Rademaker.

Rademaker praised recent Indian export control legislation, but said regulations for implementing the new laws are needed (Agence France-Presse/Yahoo!News, June 16).

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