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Article: Indian Army open to source equipment from U.S.
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- May 27, 2006
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Indian Army open to source equipment from U.S.
NEW DELHI, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The Indian Army is open to source
military technology and equipment from the United States if they were
best in the class, Indian Army Chief J. J. Singh said Saturday.
Asked whether the army would shop for military equipment,
including arms from the U.S. in the light of an upswing in the Indo-
U.S. relations, Singh said while efforts would be made to source the
requirements indigenously, the army would like the equipment to be
produced in the country with technology from outside.
"Our first preference is to source indigenously or get the
equipment produced within the ...