Antony fails to bite the bullet on two key missile deals with Israel

Defence minister AK Antony on Monday refused to bite the bullet on two critical but controversial major missile deals with Israel, but cleared other proposals for rockets, night sights, munitions, simulators and vehicles worth over Rs 7,000 crore for the armed forces. Sources said the Antony-led defence acquisitions council (DAC), attended by the three service chiefs and defence secretary, kept the decision on the over Rs 15,000 crore project to equip the Army's 355 infantry battalions with Israeli "Spike" third-generation anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) "on the hold" for now.

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