U.S. and India strike deal to co-produce Stryker armored vehicle

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Stryker armored fighting vehicles take part in a joint training exercise in India. © Reuters

RYO NAKAMURA and KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writers

NEW DELHI -- The U.S. and India agreed Friday to move forward with plans to jointly produce Stryker armored vehicles, in a bid to strengthen Indian ground forces amid a tense border dispute between New Delhi and Beijing.

The deal was announced after a meeting between U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin with their Indian counterparts Subrahmanyam Jaishankar and Rajnath Singh in New Delhi.

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