New Delhi to buy at least 8,000 of Rafael’s Spike missiles and more than 300 launchers in a deal worth $525 million. NEW DELHI – India has opted to buy Israel’s Spike anti-tank guided missile, a defence ministry source said on Saturday, rejecting a rival US offer of Javelin missiles that Washington had lobbied hard to win. India will buy at least 8,000 Spike missiles and more than 300 launchers in a deal worth 32 billion rupees ($525 million), the source said after a meeting of India’s Defense Acquisition Council. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s five-month-old government wants to clear...
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