India Balks at U.S. Demand in Weapons Deal

From Defensenws.com

Indo-U.S. defense ties have hit a snag following Washington’s insistence that New Delhi disclose deployment plans for the weapons it wants to buy from the United States.

Indian Ministry of Defence officials here say government leaders have serious reservations on this stipulation, and that warming relations could cool once again as a result. The immediate victim could be the sale of P-3 Orion maritime surveillance aircraft, which India plans to buy from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, the officials said.

The U.S. position was made known to India during the joint Defence Policy Group meeting in Washington Aug. 6-7, one senior ministry official said Aug. 26, adding that such a demand will not be accepted by India.