India picks Israels Spike anti-tank missile over U.S. Javelin India has opted to buy Israels Spike anti-tank guided missile, a defence ministry source said on Saturday, rejecting a rival U.S. offer of Javelin missiles that Washington had lobbied hard to win. India has opted to buy Israels Spike anti-tank guided missile, a defence ministry source said on Saturday, rejecting a rival U.S. offer of Javelin missiles that Washington had lobbied hard to win. India will buy at least 8,000 Spike missiles and more than 300 launchers in a deal worth 32 billion rupees ($525 million), the source said after a meeting of Indias Defence Acquisition Council. Prime Minister Narendra Modis five-month-old government wants to clear a backlog of defence orders and boost Indias firepower, amid recent border tensions with China and heavy exchanges of fire with Pakistan across the Kashmiri frontier.
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 05:03:53 +0000
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