Current Affairs 9th June 2019

Current Affairs 9th June 2019 - Important Points

Deal to procure SPICE 2000 bombs from Israel inked by - IAF
Current Affairs 9th June 2019 - Details

Deal to procure SPICE 2000 bombs from Israel inked by - IAF

Indian Air Force (IAF)  has recently signed Rs.300 crore deal with Israel’s Rafael Advanced Defense Systems which is an Israeli defence firm to procure a batch of SPICE 2000 guided bombs.

Key Highlights

• The order for bombs was placed under Special Financial Powers given by government to armed forcesin case of emergency purchases.
• Bombs delivery is expected within three months
• These bombs were used for non-millitary , pre-emptive strike on terror group JeM terrorist training camp in Balakot of Pakistan in February 2019.

Did you know?

Government has granted these emergency powers to all these three defence services - Indian Army, Indian Air Force, and Indian Navy. to procure weapons and military hardware  in order to enhance their operations along pakistan border.