US EditionIndia to Buy UK-Made Thales Multirole Missiles in £350 Million Deal
The $468 million contract will supply the Indian Army with UK-made lightweight missiles and secure over 700 jobs at the Thales factory in Northern Ireland, officials said.
- During his two-day visit to Mumbai, Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer secured a 350 million pound missile contract with Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Indian Army.
- Over the past year, Keir Starmer has pushed defence exports as part of an economic growth agenda, pledging to raise spending in line with NATO targets; UK ministers said deals boost UK business and jobs.
- Thales' Northern Ireland facility will produce Lightweight Multirole Missiles, securing 700 jobs at the Belfast plant which currently manufactures the same missiles for Ukraine.
- Alongside the missile sale, both governments signed a 250 million pounds implementing arrangement to advance electric-powered naval engines, with the UK Ministry of Defence saying it aims to align growth with Indo-Pacific stability.
- The deal also figures in a broader plan to expand the complex-weapons partnership currently under negotiation as Exercise Konkan sees the UK Carrier Strike Group operate alongside the Indian Navy.
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Starmer's torn himself away from supporting genocide to flog some missiles to India
£350 Million. That’s the benefit to the British war machine of a new missile deal with India. And the weapons for one former colony will be built in the capital of a current one: Belfast. In a press release, the UK government said: The contract is set to deliver UK-manufactured Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) built in Belfast to the Indian Army, delivering on the Government’s Plan for Change in another significant boost for the UK defence i…
India to buy UK-made Thales multirole missiles in £350 million deal
PARIS — India agreed to buy multi-role missiles manufactured by Thales in the United Kingdom in a deal worth £350 million ($468 million), the U.K. government said on Thursday.The deal to deliver the Lightweight Multirole Missile to the Indian Army was signed during U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s two-day visit to Mumbai, paving the way for a broader partnership in complex weapons that the countries are negotiating, the British government said…
Deal to secure 700 jobs at Northern Ireland’s Thales plant producing missiles
UK signs $468m deal to supply India with missiles
Britain said on Thursday it had signed a £350 million ($468m) contract to supply the Indian army with UK-manufactured lightweight missiles, as part of a deepening weapons and defence partnership between the two countries. The announcement came as British Prime Minister Keir Starmer was visiting Indian counterpart Narendra Modi in Mumbai, where the pair hailed the potential of the commercial links from their months-old trade deal. In its statemen…
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