sosa is a defence pact of USA with others countries, which full form is Security Of Supply Arrangements. Which provide reciprocal priority support for critical goods and services for national defence. It is legally non- binding .
Recent visit of Indian defence Minister shree Rajnath singh of America for 2+2 ministerial meeting , signed the SOSA agreements with their counterpart of America.
India becomes 18th SOSA partner to sign The SOSA agreements with USA. It will provide a strategic efforts to fortify the defence supply chain for both the country.
This agreement enables rapid acquisition of military and Industrial resources to address supply chain disruption and ensure national security needs are met.
In addition, the USA department of defence is working on a legally binding reciprocal defence procurement (RDP)agreements with India to enhance defence cooperation and equipment standardisation.
Due to the China aggressively expansionsm nature in Indo- pacific region causing threat to the samll countries in the region along with hampering the free world trade route in this region . India being neighbor of China and America being world power take on China as threat. And this is not cup of tea either India or USA to take on China independently. So it is very much required for both the countries to sign SOSA agreements.