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Wednesday, December 27, 2006

IAF has to wait for multi-role fighters

There can still be time before tenders for the purchase of 126 multi-role fighter aircraft for the Indian Air Force (IAF) are cleared as some last-minute touches are being to those to include another clause.

Only after the changes are made will the Ministry of Defence (MoD) be bringing forward the proposal for a clearance from the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS).

Defence minister A.K. Antony today said the Cabinet was yet to clear the tenders for the purchase of the combat aircraft as some final touches were being given to the requests for proposals.

When asked specifically if the international tenders, which according to experts could run up to between $ 10 and 15 billion, had been cleared by the CCS, the defence minister replied in the negative.

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