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FIM-92 Stinger man-portable air defence system.
The Indian Army’s long-delayed USD3-5 billion procurement of man-portable very short range defence systems (VSHORADS) is deadlocked following a recent US proposal to supply the Raytheon FIM-92 Stinger missile system via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route.
Official sources said the US offer in September 2013 to provide Stinger systems had stalled the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) selection from one of three vendors competing for the 2010 VSHORADS tender.
The US offer followed the 26 September meeting in Washington between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama.
India’s MoD is known to favour acquiring US materiel under the FMS programme, having procured more than USD8 billion worth of equipment through it since 2002.
FIM-92 Stinger man-portable air defence system.
The Indian Army’s long-delayed USD3-5 billion procurement of man-portable very short range defence systems (VSHORADS) is deadlocked following a recent US proposal to supply the Raytheon FIM-92 Stinger missile system via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route.
Official sources said the US offer in September 2013 to provide Stinger systems had stalled the Ministry of Defence’s (MoD’s) selection from one of three vendors competing for the 2010 VSHORADS tender.
The US offer followed the 26 September meeting in Washington between Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and US President Barack Obama.
India’s MoD is known to favour acquiring US materiel under the FMS programme, having procured more than USD8 billion worth of equipment through it since 2002.
