{
    "byline": "By Catherine Putz",
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    "excerpt": "India\u2019s growing defense industry has set sights on Central Asia for new customers. In early October, Indian Defense Secretary Rajesh Kumar Singh, speaking to Asian News International (ANI) held up the indigenously designed and produced Akash medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system as a \u201csuccess story.\u201d He highlighted exports of the system to Armenia, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan.",
    "lang": null,
    "length": 3990,
    "publishedTime": null,
    "siteName": null,
    "title": "Tajikistan, Turkmenistan to Import Indian Surface-to-Air Missile Systems"
}