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India – US Defense deal 2024
October 22 , 2024
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- India and the U.S concluded a $3.5 bn deal for the procurement of 31 MQ-9B armed High Altitude Long Endurance (HALE) Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS).
- The deal also includes 170 AGM-114R Hellfire missiles; 16 M36E9 Hellfire captive air training missiles; 310 GBU-39B/B laser Small Diameter Bombs (SDB); and etc.
- Hellfire missile is one of the most popular short-range air-to-ground (sometimes air-to-air) laser-guided, subsonic tactical missiles.
- The AGM-114R multipurpose missile is the latest in the Hellfire II missile range (7-11km).
- The MQ-9B 'hunter-killer' drones are the high-altitude long-endurance drones.
- They are capable of remaining airborne for over 35 hours and can carry four Hellfire missiles and around 450 kgs of bombs.
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