WASHINGTON: The Pentagon has strongly denied the reviews that the United States spied on India's anti-satellite (ASAT) missile check by means of sending a reconnaissance aircraft from its base in Diego Garcia within the Indian Ocean to watch the development.
It, then again, stated the United States was once aware of India's first test-fire of an anti-satellite missile.
"No US assets were spying on India. In fact, the US continues to expand its enduring partnership with India, resulting in enhanced interoperability and stronger economic ties," US Defense Department spokesperson Lt Col David W Eastburn advised PTI.
Aircraft Spots, which displays army air actions, had stated that a US Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft from its base in Diego Garcia went "for a mission in the Bay of Bengal to monitor India's anti-satellite missile test".
This was once interpreted by means of many that the United States spied on Indian ASAT check.
"I don't think that it implies coordination between India and the US," astronomer Jonathan McDowell from the celebrated Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics advised PTI at the Aircraft Spots document.
"This implies that the US intelligence community were aware of the test in advance because to some extent they're spying on India," he alleged.
"Everybody spies on their friends as well as their enemies. That's the way the world works these days. It would be surprising if the US were not detecting or observing the launch site and aware of activities preparing for the test. So one assumes that they knew it was coming," he claimed.
McDowell, who's a staff member at the Chandra X-ray Center and author and editor of Jonathan's Space Report, an e-mail-distributed publication documenting satellite tv for pc launches, stated he has now not appeared into the problem of the aircraft, but it is under no circumstances surprising that the United States would fly a sensor aircraft to check out and apply the check.
The Pentagon, then again, strongly denied the spying allegation.
"It's a relationship so strong that no topic is off limits," Eastburn stated.
"Both nations enjoy shared principles regarding our respect of sovereignty, free and fair trade, adherence to international norms, and peaceful resolution of disputes," he stated.
Air Force Space Command Commander Lt Gen David D Thompson advised lawmakers Thursday that the United States was once aware that India's ASAT check was once coming.
"First of all, we knew it was coming because of flight bans that India had announced and information they published previously. The launch occurred at 1.39 AM EST," he advised participants of the robust Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces all the way through a Congressional listening to.
"First of all, it was detected, characterised and reported by Air Force Missile Warning systems and Airmen at Buckley AFB. Immediately after the test (it struck the target vehicle), the Joint Space Ops Center and USAF 18 Space control Squadron began collecting information about the breakup of the vehicle," Thompson stated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Wednesday introduced that India effectively test-fired an anti-satellite missile by means of shooting down a live satellite tv for pc, describing it as a unprecedented fulfillment that places the country in an unique membership of house super powers.
The check made India the fourth country in the world after the United States, Russia and China to acquire the strategic capacity to shoot down enemy satellites.
It, then again, stated the United States was once aware of India's first test-fire of an anti-satellite missile.
"No US assets were spying on India. In fact, the US continues to expand its enduring partnership with India, resulting in enhanced interoperability and stronger economic ties," US Defense Department spokesperson Lt Col David W Eastburn advised PTI.
Aircraft Spots, which displays army air actions, had stated that a US Air Force's reconnaissance aircraft from its base in Diego Garcia went "for a mission in the Bay of Bengal to monitor India's anti-satellite missile test".
This was once interpreted by means of many that the United States spied on Indian ASAT check.
"I don't think that it implies coordination between India and the US," astronomer Jonathan McDowell from the celebrated Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics advised PTI at the Aircraft Spots document.
"This implies that the US intelligence community were aware of the test in advance because to some extent they're spying on India," he alleged.
"Everybody spies on their friends as well as their enemies. That's the way the world works these days. It would be surprising if the US were not detecting or observing the launch site and aware of activities preparing for the test. So one assumes that they knew it was coming," he claimed.
McDowell, who's a staff member at the Chandra X-ray Center and author and editor of Jonathan's Space Report, an e-mail-distributed publication documenting satellite tv for pc launches, stated he has now not appeared into the problem of the aircraft, but it is under no circumstances surprising that the United States would fly a sensor aircraft to check out and apply the check.
The Pentagon, then again, strongly denied the spying allegation.
"It's a relationship so strong that no topic is off limits," Eastburn stated.
"Both nations enjoy shared principles regarding our respect of sovereignty, free and fair trade, adherence to international norms, and peaceful resolution of disputes," he stated.
Air Force Space Command Commander Lt Gen David D Thompson advised lawmakers Thursday that the United States was once aware that India's ASAT check was once coming.
"First of all, we knew it was coming because of flight bans that India had announced and information they published previously. The launch occurred at 1.39 AM EST," he advised participants of the robust Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces all the way through a Congressional listening to.
"First of all, it was detected, characterised and reported by Air Force Missile Warning systems and Airmen at Buckley AFB. Immediately after the test (it struck the target vehicle), the Joint Space Ops Center and USAF 18 Space control Squadron began collecting information about the breakup of the vehicle," Thompson stated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Wednesday introduced that India effectively test-fired an anti-satellite missile by means of shooting down a live satellite tv for pc, describing it as a unprecedented fulfillment that places the country in an unique membership of house super powers.
The check made India the fourth country in the world after the United States, Russia and China to acquire the strategic capacity to shoot down enemy satellites.
US didn't spy on India's ASAT test: Pentagon
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