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Kuwait, India Order Missiles; Finland Wants Updates For F-18 Fleet

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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008

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Kuwait wants to buy 120 Raytheon [RTN] AIM-120-C-7 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) and India has requested 20 Boeing [BA] AGM-84L Harpoon Block II missiles, the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) said yesterday. The Kuwait deal, worth $178 million, includes 78 LAU-127-B/A launchers, 78 LAU-127-C/A launchers and other equipment. The India deal, worth $170 million, includes four ATM-84L Block II exercise missiles and other equipment. In addition, Finland has requested an F-18 Mid-Life Upgrade (MLU) program for its fleet…

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