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Reflecting rapid expansion in military ties, Israel has said it was ready to share cutting-edge defence technologies with India and both countries will go for co-development of a number of key weapon systems soon.
Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon said both countries have overcome hurdles in co-development of Barak 8 missile defence system and work on another key project of aerial defence systems was on track.
At the end of his India visit, Ya’alon said his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and federal Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar were very “satisfying” and that his country was ready to have manufacturing bases in India for certain weapons systems and military hardware.
India is Israel’s largest buyer of military hardware and it was the first visit by any Israeli defence minister to this country after they established full diplomatic ties in 1992.
On the status of two key projects, Barak 8 missile defence system and aerial defence systems, Ya’alon said both the projects are important and they are going ahead despite having some initial difficulties.
“We are moving forward. We had some difficulties. We overcame them together. Both these projects are important for us,” Ya’alon said.
Israel Aerospace Industries and Defence Research and Development Organisation are jointly developing the Barak 8 missile system.
On whether slow decision making process in defence sector in India was affecting certain projects, Ya’alon said, “We have to overcome bureaucratic obstacles in order to do things at higher speed.”
Praising Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, he said Israel wants to take advantage of it and added that the National Democratic Alliance government has brought a new vigour to bilateral defence ties.
“Modi’s concept of ‘Make in India’ is encouraging.”
On whether Israel was interested in participating in upgrading of India’s tank systems, he said, “We are interested in all that is proposed by the Indian government and the defence ministry”.
Ya’alon said Israel was ready to set up manufacturing bases in India. “Yes, all kind of cooperation, whether it is to share technologies or to manufacture in India.”
Ya’alon said his country was also looking at cooperation between private sector defence manufacturers of the two countries as there were huge untapped opportunities.
Identifying terrorism as a major threat facing both the countries, Ya’alon said they will cooperate with each other to combat it.
“It’s a global challenge. All like-minded countries should cooperate. This is the only way to defeat terror. To cooperate intelligence-wise, by sharing technology,” he said.
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Israeli Defence Minister Moshe Ya’alon said both countries have overcome hurdles in co-development of Barak 8 missile defence system and work on another key project of aerial defence systems was on track.
At the end of his India visit, Ya’alon said his talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and federal Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar were very “satisfying” and that his country was ready to have manufacturing bases in India for certain weapons systems and military hardware.
India is Israel’s largest buyer of military hardware and it was the first visit by any Israeli defence minister to this country after they established full diplomatic ties in 1992.
On the status of two key projects, Barak 8 missile defence system and aerial defence systems, Ya’alon said both the projects are important and they are going ahead despite having some initial difficulties.
“We are moving forward. We had some difficulties. We overcame them together. Both these projects are important for us,” Ya’alon said.
Israel Aerospace Industries and Defence Research and Development Organisation are jointly developing the Barak 8 missile system.
On whether slow decision making process in defence sector in India was affecting certain projects, Ya’alon said, “We have to overcome bureaucratic obstacles in order to do things at higher speed.”
Praising Modi’s ‘Make in India’ initiative, he said Israel wants to take advantage of it and added that the National Democratic Alliance government has brought a new vigour to bilateral defence ties.
“Modi’s concept of ‘Make in India’ is encouraging.”
On whether Israel was interested in participating in upgrading of India’s tank systems, he said, “We are interested in all that is proposed by the Indian government and the defence ministry”.
Ya’alon said Israel was ready to set up manufacturing bases in India. “Yes, all kind of cooperation, whether it is to share technologies or to manufacture in India.”
Ya’alon said his country was also looking at cooperation between private sector defence manufacturers of the two countries as there were huge untapped opportunities.
Identifying terrorism as a major threat facing both the countries, Ya’alon said they will cooperate with each other to combat it.
“It’s a global challenge. All like-minded countries should cooperate. This is the only way to defeat terror. To cooperate intelligence-wise, by sharing technology,” he said.
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