NEW DELHI: India and the UK have signed a £350 million deal under which the Indian Army will receive UK-made missiles. The missile supply is expected to directly create over 700 jobs in Northern Ireland, one of the United Kingdom’s four constituent nations alongside England, Wales, and Scotland, the UK Ministry of Defence said on Thursday. The announcement came on the second and final day of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's first official visit to India, during which he is accompanied by a delegation of 125 business leaders. Starmer met Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Mumbai, India’s financial capital. “The contract is set to deliver UK-manufactured Lightweight Multirole Missiles (LMM) built in Belfast to the Indian Army, representing another significant boost for the UK defence i
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