The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) has approved a Rs 1,200 crore proposal for procuring 10,000 anti-tank guided missiles for the Army from Russia.

The CCS cleared the proposal to acquire Russian-origin 10,000 Konkurs-M anti-tank guided missiles for the Mechanised Infantry and Infantry battalions of the Army.

The Konkurs-M are part of the weapon systems being procured by the force to augment the anti-tank arsenal in the Army.

The CCS had last week cleared the purchase of 25,000 Invar missiles for the T-90 tank fleet under a Rs 2,000 crore proposal.

The Konkurs are part of the anti-tank weapon family of the force which includes the Milan anti-tank guided missiles which India has been buying from France and also license-producing it at the Bharat Dynamics Limited facilities .