Indian Army gives Thumbs Down to US offer of Javelin ATGM US bid to Hard sell FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) has been given Thumps Down by India Army, who have shown clear displeasure of Repeated flip flop of US officials on possible sale of Javelin ATGM and have suggested Indian MOD to go for Israeli Spike ATGM instead. According to report prepared by Times of India, Army was irked by US flip flops, When Javelin ATGM was first selected, United states refused to provide Transfer of Technology (TOT) to India, Indian Army tested Israeli Spike ATGM which came with TOT for local manufacturing in India, later Defence secretary Chuck Hagel on his visit to India offered TOT to Co-Develop Javelin ATGM in India and also offered Co-Development of Next Generation Javelin ATGM with India. Indian Army is not amused by new offer by United states and have told Indian MOD, that TOT offered by United states are limited and will not fulfill our requirements and Israeli Spike ATGM is also much cheaper then US developed Javelin ATGM. DRDO to is developing light Man portable NAG ATGM which will be ready in next 3 years, NAG ATGM according to DRDO will be lighter then any 3rd Generation ATGM out their and also will acclimatized for Indian weather conditions. Indian Army lacks modern 3rd Generation ATGM and still uses 2nd Generation French made Milan ATGM,last year Indian Defence Ministry has decided to buy 4,500 Milan 2T anti-tank guided missiles for $200 million. Milan is been produced at state-owned Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL) under license from MBDA. According to Indian armies own admission Milan 2T, despite having tandem warhead, may not be able to defeat the T80UD reactive armor, the tank used by the Pakistan Army which has multiple layers and have been pushing for purchase of 3rd Generation ATGM for some years now.
Posted on: Thu, 23 Oct 2014 09:26:42 +0000
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