*New Delhi – **India inks deal with Russia of lethal missiles for Mi 35military helicopters fleet. *
India has signed a deal to acquire ‘Strum Ataka’ anti-tank missile fromRussia for its fleet of Mi-35 attack choppers.
“The deal for acquiring Strum Ataka anti-tank missiles was signed withRussia under the emergency clauses through which the missiles would besupplied within three months of contract signing,” government sources saidon Sunday.
The deal for the missiles is worth around Rs 200 crore and would give anadded capability to the Mi-35 attack choppers to take out enemy tanks andother armoured elements.
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The Mi-35s are the existing attack choppers of the Indian Air Force and areset to be replaced with the Apache gunships being acquired from the US andslated to be delivered from next month onwards.
India has been trying to acquire the Russian missiles for a long time butthe deal has been signed under the emergency provisions after more than adecade.
