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The development is more than a setback to India's efforts to upgrade its military: The project also represents a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's new defense acquisition policy. That policy requires foreign manufacturers to partner and provide local firms with technology to build military hardware in India, the world's largest weapons importer.
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