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Saturday, February 23, 2008

US invites India to join hands for missile defence shield

The American sea-based missile defence system, Aegis, couldn't have got a better marketing push.

The system used to shoot down a wayward spy satellite on Wednesday is at the heart of a renewed US invitation to India to join hands in putting together a missile defence shield.

The US has proposed that the Aegis combat management system be installed on seven Indian frigates under a programme code-named Project 17 A.

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