Submarine-Hunting Copters For India Get US Nod

New York: The US has approved the sale of 24 submarine-hunting MH-60R Seahawk Multi-Mission helicopters to India in a $2.6 billion deal aimed at strengthening their strategic relationship, according to the Defence Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). The DSCA said on Tuesday that it received the approval from the State Department for the sale and it has notified the Congress about it. “India will use the enhanced capability as a deterrent to regional threats and to strengthen its homeland defence,” it said.

The helicopters, nicknamed “Romeo”, will give India the capability to perform anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare missions and also perform peacetime operations like search and rescue. While the approval has been granted for the sale, it is yet to be concluded, the DSCA added. The agency indicated that offsets, which usually require some parts of the equipment or something similar to be manufactured in the country buying the equipment, could be a part of the deal. (IANS)

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