Source: TH
Context: India signed a Letter of Offer and Acceptance (LOA) with the United States to procure the FGM-148 Javelin anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system through the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) route, under emergency procurement powers.
What It Is
- An American-made, shoulder-fired, man-portable third-generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM)
- Widely recognised as one of the world’s premier precision infantry weapons
- Designed to neutralise main battle tanks, armoured fighting vehicles, fortified bunkers and low-flying helicopters
About
- Produced by: the Javelin Joint Venture (JJV) — a partnership between Raytheon (RTX) and Lockheed Martin
- Entered service: 1996, with the US Armed Forces; extensively combat-tested globally
- Aim: give dismounted infantry a lightweight, highly survivable, point-and-shoot weapon capable of defeating advanced armour without wire guidance or stationary exposure after launch.
