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local time on April 27, Kaliningrad, Russia, Jan Tal shipyard talwar class frigate was delivered to Indian Navy .

According to the Xinhua News Agency, U.S. Ambassador to India Nancy Powell, 27 went to the Indian capital New Delhi took office after a public speech announced a total of about $ 8 billion in arms sales, U.S. companies are expected to be signed with India contract.

bilateral defense relations closer

Colin Powell said in New Delhi on the 27th, 8 billion U.S. dollars of the contract is the United States and India “Add” transactions involving commercial arms sales and the U.S. government Foreign Military Sales project.

(US-India) as we share more equipment, our bilateral defense relationship will be more closely. “

Powell is the first American female ambassador in India, arrived this month India.

U.S. Embassy officials said, talking about the project, including over 10 aircraft, Apache helicopters and to provide the engine for the Indian Army fighter. Financial year 2012-2013

India’s military spending is about $ 40 billion, an increase of 17.8 percent over the previous year. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, published last month, the statistical report shows that India become the world’s biggest arms buyers in 2007-2011.

(Gengxue Peng)

U.S. For sub-India

defense market bigger cake

According to Xinhua News Agency, Reuters reported, the United States Boeing , Lockheed Martin and Raytheon are of considerable interest to the Indian defense market, Honeywell International Inc. for the Indian Air Force Jaguar fighter engine. Andrew Shapiro,

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State on the 26th in Washington, a number of Indian media reporters interview, said the United States “(defense) technology to share with India’s desire never reached such a strong degree of”.

Shapiro said that the U.S. is willing to provide the “best technology” to India, the US-India defense transactions, not a buyer-seller relationship.

talk about US-India arms sales last year, he said, only 1% of Indian companies require to buy American defense products rejected.

The Times of India “website comments, with the increase in military spending of India, the United States interested in more large pieces of cake in the Indian defense market,” points “.

(Gengxue Peng)

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