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US okays Javelin, Excalibur sales to India for $93mn
Hindustan Times Lucknow
|November 21, 2025
India is set to import Excalibur artillery munition and the Javelin antitank missile system from the US at a cost of nearly $93 million to boost the army's operational readiness, with the US State Department approving the possible foreign military sale of the weapons and ammunition to the country following New Delhi's requests.
The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has delivered the required certifications notifying the Congress about the development, which comes around six months after the country launched Operation Sindoor against Pakistan in May following the Pahalgam terror strike. Excalibur ammunition was fired from US-origin M777 ultralight howitzers du
This story is from the November 21, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Lucknow.
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