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No body is going to buy tons of tubes, it is an unguided rocket and can easily be produced in POF. Besides everyone is missing the main point, look at this acquisition in the back drop of Cold start doctrines that relies on a quick armour charge, and these light weight, comparatively affordable weapons are quite effective in neutralizing tanks by a team of 2/3 soldiers from a distance of 5/6 hundred meters. This is a small weapon like an RPG, not a big ticket item.
The firing unit VOSEL is for aiming and acquiring the target. It gets interfaced with the rocket housed in a environmentally sealed resin based disposable tube. A soldier will normally carry One VOSEL unit and 2-3 rockets sealed in the resin tube. Once the rocket is fired the resin tube becomes useless and disposable and is thrown away. The reason this system was purchased on the fast track is because someone can make tons of money on continually buying the sealed rocket tube from INSTALAZA forever. No ToT has been signed for this purchase with any local manufacturer. Like I said, corruption in this deal is very evident and the serving Major General who was superseded will end up with hefty commissions through the local company. The General's retirement financial plan is secured without check. The said project has been funded under SADA funds (total allocated funds around US$25 million) and procurement of the system will be done every year based on the availability of funds. Initial purchase is of around US$3 million this year. Its a very bad & very expensive deal for the Army