Tuesday, July 08, 2014

US Selling India Submarine Launched Harpoon Missiles

The US Defence Security Cooperation Agency notified the US Congress in late June of its decision to supply 22 Boeing Harpoon submarine-launched anti-ship missiles to the Indian Navy (IN) for USD200 million via the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route.

The notification followed the IN's 2012 request for Harpoons to provide missile-firing capability to its four German HDW Type 209/1500 SSK submarines following a mid-life upgrade.

The notification was for 12 UGM-84L Harpoon Block II Encapsulated missiles and 10 UGM-84L Encapsulated training missiles. The package also includes two Encapsulated Harpoon certification training vehicles, containers, and spares, IN personnel training and all-inclusive logistics support.

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