As Army looks for tracked air defence system, Russian Pantsir comes knocking
New Delhi: In what could be a new deal in the making between the two time-tested partners, Russia is offering its latest generation of Pantsir mobile air defence system to India.
State-run Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and the Rosoboronexport of Russia last week entered into a MoU for cooperation on Pantsir variants.
The tie up comes as the Indian Army scouts for Carrier Air Defence Tracked (CADET) systems, with a minimum of 50 percent indigenous content, to deploy them with mechanised columns, as reported by ThePrint in August.
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Defence sources said that Russia is offering the latest version of Pantsir. However, it is not yet clear which version Moscow is referring to as there are multiple editions with the latest designed to operate in very ...