Nearly 27 years after the controversy over the purchase of howitzers from Swedish-based AB Bofors the Government of India approved today the purchase of 145 M77 155/39-caliber howitzers at a total cost of $650 million from BAE Systems.
South Korea and the U.S. on May 7 launched a major joint air exercise to deter North Korean provocations amid high cross-border tensions, officials said.
The Indian government on Thursday, May 10, cleared the purchase of 75 Swiss Pilatus aircraft to train new air force pilots who had faced a shortage of trainers, an official said.
