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Tuesday, March 17, 2009

US clears $2.1bn sale of maritime recce aircraft to India

P-8A PoseidonThe Obama administration has cleared a $2.1 billion sale to India of eight Boeing manufactured P-8I maritime patrol aircraft.

The deal overtakes an earlier $1 billion Lockheed sale of six C-130J Super Hercules military transport planes to the Indian Air Force to become the largest US arms sale to India to date.

The news would have cheered Boeing, a Chicago-headquartered company, the hometown and political cradle of president Barack Obama.

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1 comment:

  1. Anonymous17/3/09 11:21

    WHAT THE ....

    Then why did it cancel the INS SHIVALIK thing??/

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