Defence: Air Defence Systems of India Acquired from Foreign Countries

S-400 Air Defence System

  • It is the most advanced long-range surface-to-air missile defence system.
  • Country of Origin – Russia
  • It is an upgraded version of the S-300 surface-to-air missile system.
  • Features
    • It is capable of simultaneously tracking numerous incoming objects including aircraft, missiles and UAVs in a radius of a few hundred kilometres and launching appropriate missiles to neutralise them.
    • It is capable of protecting its air defence bubble against rockets, missiles, cruise missiles and even aircraft.
    • Radars: It has radars that can pick up an incoming object up to a distance of 1,000 kilometres.

Barak Missile

  • Barak is a Hebrew word for lightening
  • It is an Indian-Israeli Long Range surface-to-air missile
  • It is nuclear capable ballistic missile
  • It is designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as cruise missiles and combat jets out to a maximum range of 70 km
  • It has a maximum speed of Mach 2 with maximum operational range of 70 km (which has been increased to 100 km).
  • Both maritime and land-based versions of the system exist
  • Jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and DRDO

 

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