Boeing To Build 10 C-17s for India

[GOOSE]

Boeing said June 15 that India's Defence Ministry has signed an agreement with the U.S. government to buy 10 Boeing C-17 transports, making India the plane's largest international customer.

Boeing said that under the deal, India will take delivery of its C-17 Globemaster III airlifters in 2013 and 2014.

The U.S. aerospace giant's announcement followed unofficial news earlier this month that the big sale, approved by the U.S. Congress in May 2010, was in the pipeline.

The biggest defense deal in history between the two nuclear powers "will elevate India's leadership in the region," Dinesh Keskar, president of Boeing India, said in a company statement.

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[sploosher]

So,India have a nuclear program, a space program, and now they want to buy 10 C17s...................................

so why the hell are HMG giving them aid every year to feed the poor, when they obviously DONT need it......................

[Monty]

So,India have a nuclear program, a space program, and now they want to buy 10 C17s...................................

so why the hell are HMG giving them aid every year to feed the poor, when they obviously DONT need it......................

A question here, do the government give aid directly to India's government or to charities that work in India? If the Aid is given to charities then it is fully justifiable, as anyone who had been to India and seen some of the conditions people are living in would tell you. However if we are giving aid to the Indian government then not so justifiable as they seem to prefer spending their money on high profile projects, rather than trying to improve the quality of life of the millions of people living in poverty in India.

[Flying Warden]

Nice buy for the Indians.

It's a shame the UK gov't doesn't sort out our ghetto's and drug and crime problems before looking after other countries.

I'm all for foreign aid, but not the way the gov't are going about it at the moment.
Look after your own before you look after others.