![The Javelin sale, potentially a billion-dollar (Rs 5,000 crore) contract for US companies, Raytheon and Lockheed Martin, has been blocked by Shapiro’s office, the department of political military affairs [FGM-148 Javelin]](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2D9XNZUpprLr4t2iwZpcLz88WywoRnQO98NioPtkHtqoMgxKpHcofGj5pxJWjwBVAuFlYIeC9TWMD3WxuA7J9Vx2Ez6pbJmmSLTwTcej34xh7mxFps29K8zmkQOlSWPMCtugm/s144/FGM-148_Javelin.jpg)
High on New Delhi’s technology agenda is Washington’s reluctance to transfer military knowhow, of the kind needed for building the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank missile in India.
The Army wants the Javelin for its ground forces, to enable two-man infantry teams to fire $40,000 missiles at $10 million enemy tanks 2,500 metres away and destroy them 95 per cent of the time.
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