Defence Aviation Post

The Indian Air Force has, according to LiveFist, indicated to the government that it would rather spend its budgets on the locally developed ballistic missile defense system (BMD) than buying United States (US) made NASAM-II networked air defense system.

India had been offered the NASAM-II system following India’s choice of S-400 Tirumpf air defense system of Russia. However, a steep price tag – nearly two billion dollars, had stalled the negotiations between India and the US.

In February this year it was reported that the proposed acquisition of NASAM-II was part of replacing legacy Russian air defence systems currently being used to protect high security areas of New Delhi.

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