Navy wants more Barak missiles
When Pakistan bought the Harpoon anti-ship missile in the mid-nineties that could target Indian ships from 150 km away, the Indian navy chose the Israeli Barak air defence missile. But the Barak missile deal is at the centre of a controversy after the CBI chargesheeted former defence minister George Fernandes. The CBI accused Fernandes of buying the Barak instead of the indigenously produced Trishul.
