Editor's Foreword

374 The MiliTAry BAlAnCe 2010
Table 32 Selected arms procurements and deliveries, South and Central Asia
Designation Type Quantity Contract
Value
Supplier
Country
Prime
Contractor
Order
Date
First
Delivery
Due
Afghanistan (AFG)
G222 Tac tpt ac 18 US$257m ITA Alenia 2008 2009 ITA stock ordered by US.
Aero-
Refurbished and modernised by
nautica
Alenia Aeronautica. First delivered
July 2009
Mi-24 Hel 6 CZE 2007 2008 Ex-CZE stock. Modernised at NATO
expense. Delivery status unclear
india (inD)
Prithvi II SRBM 54 INR12.13bn Dom Bharat
Dynamics
2006 _ For air force
Sagarika K-15 SLBM _ _ Dom Bharat 1991 _ In development. First test reported
Dynamics
successful; est 700km range with 1
ton payload
Nirbhay Cruise msl _ _ Dom DRDO _ _ In development. First flight test due
2009. Designed for air, land and sea
platforms. Est 1,000km range. First
tests due late 2009
Agni III IRBM _ _ Dom DRDO _ 2010 In development. Designed to carry
200-250 KT warhead with a range of
3,000km.
Agni IV IRBM – _ Dom DRDO _ 2012 In development. Est 5,000km range
Arjun MBT 124 See notes Dom ICVRDE 2000 2009 Development costs per vehicle est
INR3bn. Low-rate production began
2004. Deliveries ongoing
T-90S Bhishma MBT 347 US$1.23bn Dom/RUS Avadi
Heavy
Vehicles
2007 _ First ten delivered June 2009
BrahMos Block II
(Land Attack)
Medium -range
SAM
Advanced
Technology
Vessel (ATV)
Akula-class
(Type 971)
Cruise msl 10 lnchr INR83.52bn
(US$1.64bn)
RUS/Dom Brahmos
Aerospace
notes
2006 2009 10 lnchr entered test regime; 2
accepted March 2009
SAM/AD 18 units US$1.4bn ISR IAI 2009 2016 For air-force. Development and
procurement contract for a medium
range version of the Barak longrange
naval AD system
SSBN 5 _ Dom DRDO _ _ SLBM devt programme. INS Arihant
launched July 2009; 2 yr of sea trials
expected
SSN 1 approx
US$700m
RUS Rosoboronexport
2004 2009 10 year lease from RUS. Nerpa in RUS
service, to be renamed INS Chakra.
Delivery expected end-2009
Scorpene SSK 6 US$3.5bn FRA/Dom DCNS 2005 2012 First delivery had been due 2012,
with one per year thereafter, reports
now suggest a delay of one year.
Option for a further 6 SSK. Delivery
delayed
Sindhughosh-
class
3M14E Klub-S
(SS-N-27 Sizzler)
Kiev-class
Admiral
Gorshkov
Project 71/
Indigenous
Aircraft Carrier
SSK
Upgrade
10 _ RUS ORDTB/
Rosoboronexport
SLCM 28 INR8.44bn
(US$182m)
CV 1 US$2.7-3bn RUS Rosoboronexport
CV 1 US$730m Dom Cochin
Shipyard
2002 – Upgrade incl mod to accept Klub-S
3M-14E msl. Delayed due to
problems with msl system
RUS Novator 2006 _ For a number of Sindhughosh- class
SSK. Delivery status unclear
1999 2008 Incl 16 MiG 29 K. To be renamed
INS Vikramaditya. Expected to be
commissioned 2012
2001 2012 To be named Vikant. Formerly
known as Air Defence Ship (ADS).
Second vessel of class anticipated