09.04.2006, 21:27
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Zitat:India delays fighter request
New Delhi has decided to put on hold the eagerly-awaited global tender for its $6 billion procurement of 126 multirole combat aircraft until a bilateral nuclear co-operation deal has been cleared by US Congress, writes Shyam Ravindran.
Sources within India’s defence ministry say the government favours the foreign military sales purchase of US-sourced aircraft, such as the Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet or Lockheed Martin F-16, to replace its Mikoyan MiG-21s.
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