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Big India-Israel deal to be signed this week as PM @NarendraModi visits Tel Aviv: Spike anti-tank guided missiles for the Indian Army.
This is a welcome step. Only concern is 60 months for deliveries to begin. Not sure when BDL will start production.The deal also includes an option to build another 1,500 launcher systems and about 30,000 additional missiles under technology transfer to state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited.
This deal goes on and off like a tubelightIndia to purchase Israeli spike anti tank missile.
this deal was cancelled in favor of Desi Atgm.....!!!This deal goes on and off like a tubelight
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Why is it back again thenthis deal was cancelled in favor of Desi Atgm.....!!!
Why is it back again then
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who in the fuck still reads the National hareld ???????? the global times has more cred then this piece of bum fodderIndia ‘arm twisted’ to buy Spike, not Javelin missiles? : Congress Mouth Piece
Published January 20, 2018 | By admin SOURCE: National Herald
Cancelled by the defence ministry three weeks ago was for 321 ATGM launchers and 8,356 missiles worth Rs 3,200 Crore. In addition, Rafael Advanced Defence Systems was required to transfer technology to Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). Army chief General Rawat had confirmed that the tender had been cancelled and it had been decided to get the ATGM missiles developed indigenously by the DRDO. But since DRDO was not in a position to supply the missiles before 2021-22, General Rawat had voiced his concern was how to bridge the gap till then. But by opting for ‘Spike’ missiles from Israel, India has abandoned the choice of buying better and next generation missiles from the US and France. Defence industry sources say that the US ‘Javelin’ ATGM built by Lockheed Martin has a range of 4000 meters while Spike has a range of only 2500 meters. Both the American and the French missile are said be more versatile ‘fire and forget’ missiles which zero in on targets more accurately and faster while giving time to the infantry to scoot to safety. Significantly, the Modi Government had finalised the deal in 2014 and the pricing had also been finalised in 2016 when Manohar Parrikar was the defence minister. Unsatisfactory performance during field tests is said to have prompted defence experts to suggest that India should build the missiles on its own. Brigadier (Rtd) Gurmeet Kanwal told NH that India being one of the major buyers of defence equipment from Israel, India cannot go against Israel’s interests.
http://idrw.org/india-arm-twisted-t...in-missiles-congress-mouth-piece/#more-160178 .