India, Feb. 14 -- US President Donald Trump has announced the sale of the F-35 fighter jets to India after his bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The induction would make India a member of an elite club of countries with the state-of-the-art stealth planes in their fleets.

"Starting this year, we'll be increasing military sales to India by many billions of dollars. We're also paving the way to ultimately provide India with the F-35 stealth fighters," Trump told a joint news conference with PM Modi.

Till now, the countries that have the F-35 fighter jets include United States' NATO allies, Israel and Japan. Here is all you need to know about F-35 jets.

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