(Globes) Ran Dagoni - Defense News reports that India is in talks to buy Israel's ground-based rocket and missile interceptor systems Iron Dome and David's Sling, designed to intercept medium-range missiles. Indian Ministry of Defense sources said negotiations between the Israeli and Indian governments on a deal had been going on for more than six months. India is developing its own missile interception system known as the PAD. However, this system cannot intercept low-flying cruise missiles, as can the Israeli system. An Indian Ministry of Defense official said that procurement of David's Sling or Iron Dome would be a "pleasure."
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