India has decided to suspend the acquisition of six antissubmarino P-8 Poseidon patrol aircraft manufactured by Boeing, after the significant increase in the cost caused by Donald Trump government.
The increase, over 50% in the purchase value, made the estimated deal of US $ 2.42 billion unfeasible.
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With the high costs, the Ministry of Indian Defense has chosen to strategically reevaluate the project, which can lead to the cancellation of the contract with the American manufacturer. The country had already acquired eight units of the model in 2009, for US $ 2.2 billion, and commissioned four in 2016, worth $ 1 billion.
The P-8 Poseidon replace the old Tu-142M Soviet manufacturing, used by Indian naval aviation between 1988 and 2017. At the same time, India received the first batch of attack helicopters AH-64E Apachealso produced by Boeing, to reinforce its military fleet.
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