US India strategic deal on mega arms finalised
Q. India and the US have clinched a mega arms deal clearing acquisition of which class of aircraft?- Published on 04 Jul 16a. Poseidon 81 longrange surveillance and anti submarine warfare aircrafts
b. Neptune 81 longrange surveillance and anti submarine warfare aircrafts
c. Juno 81 longrange surveillance and anti submarine warfare aircrafts
d. None of the above
ANSWER: Poseidon 81 longrange surveillance and anti submarine warfare aircrafts
India-US strategic deal in mega arms is set to support India’s largest weapons supplier in recent times.
- Cabinet Committee on Security/CCS has set up the chaired by PM Narendra Modi has cleared yet another mega arms deal to reassert the status as India’s biggest weapon supplier in recent times
- The new P-81 aircraft with radars and weapons will join the first eight such aircraft inducted by the Navy in 2013-2015 under the USD 2.1 billion deal
- Navy is using eight P-81s armed with the deadly Harpoon Block II missile, MK-54 lightweight tornadoes, rockets and depth charge to maintain an intelligent eye over the complete Indian Ocean region
- With the operating range of 1200 nautical miles, the P-81s provide reach and flexibility to undertaken extensive maritime surveillance and intelligence gathering missions
- US is hawking its fighter jets - the Super Hornet and the Fighting Falcon
