Russia has delivered to India all the contracted 70,000 AK-203 Kalashnikov assault rifles as envisaged under a contract signed late last summer between India and Kalashnikov.
The entire delivery was made earlier this week. A source explained, "delivery was fast tracked," pointing to the short time gap between the signing of the contract and its fructification.
Year ender 2021 The Modi government has repeatedly pushed for the modernisation of the Indian military and this to fulfil this aim it inked several major defence deals in 2021 to make the all crucial defence sector atmanirbhar