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Tuesday, January 2, 2018
India buys Israeli missiles ahead of Netanyahu visit
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleNEW DELHI, India — India is to buy 131 surface-to-air missiles from Israel in a $70 million deal, the country’s defense ministry announces Tuesday ahead of a visit by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Barak missiles made by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems are to be used for India’s first aircraft carrier which is under construction.
Netanyahu will lead a business delegation to India on a four day trip expected in mid-January. Israel has become a major defense supplier to India, selling an average of $1 billion of military equipment each year.
Last April the two countries signed a military deal worth nearly $2 billion which includes the supply over several years of medium-range surface-to-air missiles, launchers and communications technology.
It was unclear whether the deal announced Tuesday was part of that.
— AFP
The Times of Israel Community.