Israel supplies radar to India

JERUSALEM, MARCH 20. American pressure notwithstanding, Israel has supplied India parts of the sophisticated radar system Green Pine, capable of detecting ballistic missile attacks from hundreds of kilometers away, the daily Haaretz reported today.

It said the parts of the radar system, indigenously developed by Israel, were shipped to India a few days before Mr. George Bush took over as the U.S. President.

The Green Pine radar system, developed by Elta Electronic Industries, is based on technology similar to the Phalcon Airborne Radar System, which Tel Aviv planned to sell to China but didn't under U.S. pressure.

In the wake of Pakistani missile threat perception, India decided to buy the radar in 1998, but the deal came under a cloud following its nuclear tests and the subsequent American pressure on Israel to hold it back.

- PTI

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