Why Can’t India Talk to Lockheed Martin About the F-35 Anymore?
Lockheed Martin can no longer directly offer the F-35 to foreign countries; all negotiations for its purchase must go through the US government. It is highly unlikely that India will ever adopt the F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-generation multirole jet fighter—but that will not be for want of trying on America’s part. Last year, in a meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, DC, President Donald Trump pitched US military hardware to the South Asian nation.
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