NEW DELHI: In a major boost for India`s aerial firepower, the Indian AirForce (IAF) is set to receive the `building blaster` version of the Balakotair strike-fame Spice-2000 bombs by mid-September.
Top IAF sources told ANI that the Spice-2000 bombs are scheduled to bedelivered to the IAF from Israel around mid-September along with the Mark84 warhead and bombs which can destroy buildings completely.
The supply of these weapons from Israel will happen around the time whenIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely to visit India for abilateral meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The IAF had signed a contract with Israel in June this year for acquiringmore than 100 Spice 2000 bombs under the emergency procurement powers ofthe services given by the Narendra Modi government.The contract was signedas the Air Force wanted to acquire the bombs.