It is worth mentioning that India will have no difficulty absorbing the anti-ship missile system into its armed forces. Any offset agreement required by India will be defined in negotiations between the purchaser and the contractor(s). There are no known offset agreements proposed in connection with this potential sale. Louis, Missouri will be the principal contractor. At that time, the US recognised India as its "Major Defence Partner" and committed to facilitating technology sharing with India to a level commensurate with that of its closest allies and partners, and industry collaboration for defence co-production and co-development. Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the US in June 2016. The estimated cost of JCTS is $82 million. This comes after the Government of India requested to buy one Harpoon Joint Common Test Set (JCTS), along with one Harpoon Intermediate Level maintenance station, spare and repair parts, support, and test equipment, publications and technical documentation, personnel training, US Government and contractor technical, engineering, and logistics support services, and other related elements of logistics and programme support. United States, Australia, Bahrain, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Israel, India, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Spain, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, UAE, United Kingdom, and Venezuela Originated Fromįixed-wing aircraft, surface ships, submarineģ.8 m (air-launched), 4.6 m (ship & sub-launched)ĥ15.25 kg (air-launched), 690.8 kg (ship & sub-launched)
The specifications and other related facts about the Harpoon anti-ship missile are mentioned in the table below. It is the world's most successful anti-ship missile and is in service with the armed forces of more than 30 countries. It has a low-level, sea-skimming cruise trajectory with active radar guidance. Harpoon Missileįirst deployed in 1977, Harpoon is an all-weather, over-the-horizon, anti-ship missile system. The proposed Foreign Military Sale will improve India’s capability to meet current and future threats by providing it with flexible and efficient Harpoon missile maintenance capabilities to ensure maximum force readiness.
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