The World - News from March 14, 1985
The United States will supply new air-to-air missiles to Pakistan to improve its air defenses against incursions from neighboring Afghanistan, a senior U.S. official said. Michael H. Armacost, undersecretary of state for political affairs, told a press conference that the AIM-9 missiles are intended to be fitted on advanced U.S.-made F-16 jets, of which Pakistan has about 20. Pakistan has reported an increasing number of airspace and border violations by the Soviet-backed Afghan regime.
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