In the past few years, India has ordered from Boeing the C-17 Globemaster airlifters as well P8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and antisubmarine aircraft.

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The Navy is developing modules for antisubmarine operations, mine countermeasures and antisurface warfare common missions in littoral areas and it may develop additional modules for other missions such as homeland security.

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Green zanies are utilizing the Marine Mammal Protection Act to prevent the Navy from developing and employing antisubmarine sys-tems that could detect the ever quieter diesel submarines operated by such "friendly" nations as North Korea and Iran.

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