India has replenished its stock of specialised artillery ammunition called ‘Excalibur’ which was used during Operation Sindoor to target terrorist camps in Pakistan.

India has asked for 216 of the ‘Excalibur projectiles’ and these have been okayed by the US under a $47.1-million deal along with another $45.7-million deal to procure about 100 Javelin Missile Systems.

The artillery ammunition ‘Excalibur Projectiles’ is fired from the M-777 Ultra Light Howitizer, a specialised artillery gun. India sourced 145 such guns from the US almost a decade ago.

The ‘Excalibur’ has precision firing ability to home in on a target. A few of the terror camps in Pakistan were hit by Excalibur on May 7.

The Excalibur and the Javelin have been given a nod under a foreign military sales route, the first su

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