Russia is offering to sell advanced radar systems and license their technology for production in India, defence news said.
New Delhi intends to buy at least 30 anti-stealth 2-D 5576-3 radar systems for about 133 million in the next two years, and produce another 50 under licence for 167 million, the weekly said.
India plans to use the radar systems in about 80 air defence systems based on the 250-km Prithvi surface-to-air missile by 2007.
India also plans to use the radar systems in about a dozen systems similar to the 2,500-km Agni surface-to-air missile by 2010. Air defence is the top priority of India, given the nuclear threat from neighbouring Pakistan and China, and India might also go in for the superior air defence systems at any cost, Mahindra Singh, a retired army major general told defense news.
Singh said that Russia's anti-stealth radar systems will meet India's need for an indigenous missile system.
Bureau Report