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India to deploy Akash air defense missile systems in northeast of the country against Chinese threat.
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| India to deploy Akash air defense missile systems in northeast of the country against Chinese threats | |||
India
has now begun deploying six Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) squadrons
in the northeast of the country in case of threats by Chinese jets, helicopters
and drones against any misadventure in the region. Indian Defence ministry
sources on Thursday, August 21, 2014. Indian Air Force has started getting
deliveries of the six Akash missile squadrons, which can "neutralize"
multiple targets at 25-km interception range in all-weather conditions,
earmarked for the eastern theatre. |
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 Indian-made Akash Surface-to-Air defense missile system. |
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"Indian
Air Force (IAF) has deployed the first two Akash squadrons at the Mirage-2000
base in Gwalior and Sukhoi base in Pune. The next six squadrons, as approved
by the Cabinet Committee on Security, are to guard against any threat
from the northern borders," said a source.
This long-delayed but finally successful induction of the Akash systems, developed by DRDO and manufactured by defence PSU Bharat Dynamics, has also led to scrapping of the protracted discussions to develop the 'Maitri' short-range SAMs with France at a cost of around Rs 30,000 crore. The Akash deployment in the
northeast is in tune with the overall plan to progressively achieve
"meaningful and credible deterrence" against China along the
4,057-km Line of Actual Control (LAC). |
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