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Russia supplied about 7000 upgraded 9M113 Konkurs anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) to India.
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India had received approximately 7,000 upgraded Russian 9M113 Konkurs (NATO reporting name: AT-5 Spandrel) anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) by late 2015, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) arms transfer database.
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 Russian 9M113 Konkurs anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM) |
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Russia and India signed the contract to supply about 10,000 Konkurs anti-tank missiles to Indian Armed Forces in 2012. The agreement was valued at USD225 million. The deliveries of the ATGMs started in 2013. As of late 2015 India received about 7,000 missiles. The ending date of the 9M113 deliveries is not disclosed. Konkurs missiles are partially produced in India under Russian license.
Indian Armed Forces have notified the country`s government on the shortage of anti-tank weapons for many times. Russian reliable 9M113 Konkurs missiles will relieve the aforementioned problem. |
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