India and Japan to develop stealth technology for warships as faith in US wavers

India and Japan have agreed to jointly develop technology that makes Indian warships harder to detect, in a move that analysts say takes their defence partnership to a new level and reflects growing unease in both capitals over how far they can rely on Washington.The project involves fitting Indian warships with Japan’s Unified Complex Radio Antenna (Unicorn) system, which lowers a vessel’s radar profile by combining multiple antennas into a single, compact structure and reducing the exposed surfaces that reflect radar signals.Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi underlined the project’s significance after talks with his Japanese counterpart, Sanae Takaichi, in New Delhi on Thursday, describing the agreement as the “first-ever co-development project between India and Japan”.