/ Source: Reuters
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is expected to signal U.S. willingness to sell Lockheed Martin Corp.'s F-16 fighter jets to both Pakistan and India when she visits the region this week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
The tentative plans call for the U.S. to sell Pakistan about two dozen of the aircraft, while India could buy as many as 125, the Journal reported, citing U.S. officials and others with knowledge of the matter.
Sales of the fighter jets would be a major policy shift for the United States and a final step toward tacit acceptance of both countries' possession of nuclear weapons, the paper said.
