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India offers to buy 200 foreign combat jets - if they're Made-in-India

An Indian Air Force (IAF) light combat aircraft 'Tejas' performs during the Indian Air Force Day celebrations at the Hindon Air Force Station on the outskirts of New Delhi, India

ASIA: India is offering to buy hundreds of fighter planes from foreign manufacturers - as long as the jets are made in India and with a local partner, air force officials say.

A deal for 200 single-engine planes produced in India - which the air force says could rise to 300 as it fully phases out aging Soviet-era aircraft - could be worth anything from $13-$15 billion, experts say, potentially one of the country's biggest military aircraft deals.

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