April 06, 2017: India and
Israel yesterday signed mega defence deals worth over 2
billion dollar for advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM)
systems, to further tighten the bilateral strategic
partnership ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to
Israel in July.
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The SAM systems are
designed to destroy hostile aircraft, missiles and drones at a
range of 70-km. Ministry of Defense sources said the major deal
was for the joint project between the Defence Research and
Development Organization (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries
(IAI) for the Barak-8 medium-range SAM systems to initially
include one regiment of 16 launchers and 560 missiles for the
Indian Army.
India & Israel's $2.5bn Deal For New Surface-To-Air Missile
Cleared
