Pakistan has paid the first instalment for a USD 1 billion deal to buy Swedish-made airborne early warning radar systems in an attempt to counter India`s acquisition of Israeli-made Phalcon Awacs.
The deal to acquire the Saab Surveillance System has become effective with the payment of the first instalment, local news agency today quoted a Pakistani Air Force official as saying.
"During a visit to Sweden on October 15, 2005, then Air Chief Marshal Kaleem Saadat had signed a provisional contract with Saab to procure the airborne early warning system based on the Saab 2000 twin-turboprop airliner carrying the radar above the aircraft's spine," the official said.
He, however, declined to divulge details of the first instalment or the payment schedule agreed to by both sides.
India has finalised a deal to buy three Phalcon Awacs from Israel and the first system would be delivered next year.
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