India reportedly declined the opportunity to purchase a fleet of MQ-9 Reaper drones from the United States that would have cost the country more than $3 billion.

Officials told U.S. News & World Report that an agreement with India for the drones with the capability of long-range precision strikes fell through in spite of hopes from Secretary of Defense Mark Esper and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that one could be completed before the election on Tueday.