NEW DELHI, July 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States on Thursday delivered two "Firefinder" counter-battery radars to the Indian Army as part of a 190-million-U.S. dollar Indo-U.S. military sales agreement.

　　The shipment, which is part of the deal to supply 12 AN-TPQ/37 radars, ar rived here aboard a U.S. Air Force C-17 aircraft, a U.S. Embassy spokesperson said.

　　The mobile radar system uses a combination of radar techniques and computer functions to detect and accurately locate artillery and rocket weapons to permit rapid engagement with counterfire.

　　Delivery of the radars is expected to be completed by September 2006. Operator and crew training for 16 Indian Army personnel on these radar systems began at California in April this year.

　　The spokesperson quoted US Ambassador Robert Blackwill as saying that the Indo-U.S. partnership on the Firefinder radar "marks a significant milestone in our burgeoning bilateral defense relationship." End