India makes u-turn on Spike missile purchase

Bloomberg is reporting that the Indian government is close to placing an order for Israel’s Spike anti-tank missile.
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A plan to buy $500-million worth of Spike missiles was canceled in January 2018 by New Delhi.

Bloomberg says the Indian Army wants to buy the Spike missile as a “stop gap” measure while waiting for the Defence Research and Development Organisation to come up with an indigenous missile.

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