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