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India approves four more P-8's
India will procure four additional Boeing P-8I Neptune maritime patrol aircraft with approval from the country’s Cabinet Committee on Security, which is chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, coming in mid-June.
The deal, to be executed through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route, is worth approximately US$1 billion. Delhi ...
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