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Government starts process to buy 100 more K9-Vajras

  • January 1, 2023
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
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Government starts process to buy 100 more K9-Vajras

Subject :Defence

Context:

  • The Defence Ministry has started the process for the procurement of 100 more K9-Vajra tracked self-propelled howitzers which are built in India by Larsen & Toubro (L&T) using technology transferred from South Korean defence major Hanwha Defense.

About K9-Vajra:

  • The K9 VAJRA-T 155mm/ 52 is a tracked self-propelled howitzer (a short gun for firing shells on high trajectories at low velocities), which has its roots in the K9 Thunder, the mainstay of the South Korean Army.
  • It offers a high rate of fire at long-range and is compatible with Indian and standard North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) ammunition.
  • The K9 Thunder platform is made of all-welded steel armour protection material.
  • The K9 gun has been developed under the ‘Buy Global’ programme of the Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP) where foreign companies are allowed to participate.
  • In this case, Hanwha Techwin of South Korea is the technology partner of L&T.
Defence Government starts process to buy 100 more K9-Vajras

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