India to Buy ATGMs from Israel Departing from Procedures

摘要

In a departure from procedures, in April, India awarded a contract for buying Spike Anti-Tank Guided Missiles (ATGMs) from Rafael of Israel, because the Indian Army cannot wait due to critical shortages in its inventory of ATGMs. The Defence Acquisition Council of Indian Ministry of Defence, the highest body authorized to buy weaponry agreed at its April 3 meeting to buy ATGMS from Rafael even as the Israeli company is categorized as a single vendor. Normally the Indian Ministry of Defence cancels a tender when it has a single vendor.