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Two F-16s for Pakistan
B. Muralidhar Reddy
ISLAMABAD:
The United States has approved an initial shipment of two F-16 fighter jets to Pakistan.
According to a Washington news report in Pakistan daily The News the decision to provide Pakistan with two older but refurbished F-16s could be linked to the recent India-U.S. defence agreement.
Quoting a Congressional source on the timing of the decision the paper said, "They (Bush administration officials) didn't want to start moving F-16s to Pakistan until after the Indian Prime Minister had come and gone."
The White House had announced plans in March to sell F-16s to Pakistan. The sale had been blocked for 15 years to "punish" Pakistan for its nuclear weapons programme. The single engine, multi-role F-16 is built by the Lockheed Martin Corp. Pakistan's planned purchases would boost its fleet of about 32 F-16s acquired before the U.S. Congress cut off sales in 1990.
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