JERUSALEM: Israeli state-owned defence contractor Rafael said on Wednesday that India’s Ministry of Defence has cancelled a deal to buy Spike anti-tank guided missiles.
The deal, worth about $500 million, illustrated strengthening of ties between Israel and India. “Rafael regrets the decision and remains committed to cooperating with India’s Ministry of Defence and to its strategy of continuing to work in India, an important market, as it has for more than two decades, to provide India with the most advanced and innovative systems,” the company said.
In India, a MIG-29K fighter aircraft of the Indian Navy with a trainee pilot crashed off the runway during takeoff at the Goa airport. “The pilot has ejected to safety. Fire on the aircraft is being extinguished,” a navy officer said.
This is the first accident involving the MIG-29k. The navy operates 45 such aircraft and they fly off aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya. Normal flight operations were suspended and the airport was closed. A Court of Inquiry will determine the cause of the accident.
Lol enough of Alliance… first it votes against Israel in U.N. and then it cancels the deal
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