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India has agreed to a $560-million deal to buy 145 howitzer guns from BAE Systems of the United States as it upgrades its antiquated military hardware, an official said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

India is updating its military capabilities with hardware worth tens of billions of dollars in the face of long-standing tensions with regional rivals China and Pakistan.<\/p>\n

The government will spend 30 billion rupees ($560 million) on the field guns, the official said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The howitzers, with a maximum range of 30 kilometres (17 miles), will be used by the army’s mountain artillery divisions along India’s high-altitude frontiers.<\/p>\n

India has fought three wars with arch-rival Pakistan since independence in 1947, but China is increasingly seen as the main focus of its ambitious military modernisation and procurement policy.<\/p>\n

The military is acquiring a slew of new equipment from combat aircraft to submarines and in March, the country announced military spending for the current financial year would total 1.93 trillion rupees ($40 billion).<\/p>\n

Saturday’s announced purchase marks the first time in more than a quarter of a century that India is buying howitzers.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Finalization of the howitzer deal could take up to at least a year, other defense officials said.<\/p>\n

Why does it feel like we’re gearing up for WWIII with Asia?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AP<\/em>
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