The leading Indian edition of Financial Express reports that the government of the country intends to buy several sets of Igla-S man-portable air defense systems in Russia. The amount voiced by the media is about a thousand units.
According to experts, there are doubts about the quantitative intentions of New Delhi regarding MANPADS. For in some publications the sum of 3 billion dollars is voiced, and in the other 1.5 billion American monetary units.
It is noteworthy that the tender was initially announced, and several foreign analogues of Igly-S were offered to it. In particular, Mistral (France) and RBS 70 NG (Sweden).
It should be noted that the "needle" version of the "C" will replace the more outdated modification under the letter "M".
Recall that the “Igla-S” MANPADS allows high-quality and low-cost protection of any ground targets from air attacks of both tactical aviation and helicopters. In addition, the new modification of the "needle" is capable of shooting down cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles on the oncoming and overtaking courses. And even at night and with artificial noise.
By the way, Russia and India have for many years been bound by strong bonds of partnership in the field of armaments. Not so long ago, Moscow and New Delhi signed a contract for the supply of anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 to India.
