Indian Air force (IAF) Maintenance Command Chief Air Marshal Vibhas Pande gave an overview of the SAMAR-2 air defense missile system on Saturday and said that the indigenously developed air missile system represents the IAF's ability to demonstrate that obsolete missiles ccan be put to effec
The US Central Command forces located and destroyed a surface-to-air missile launcher in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen at approximately 5 pm on February 19.
Spanning an area of 2,50,000 sq.m, the newly commissioned facility is equipped with cutting-edge technology and machinery, poised to revolutionise the production of critical systems for the defence sector.
"The Indian Air Force has carried out the successful firing trials of its in-house designed and developed SAMAR air defence missile system during exercise AstraShakti-2023 at Air Force Station Suryalanka held recently. The air defence system 'SAMAR' (surface-to-air missile for assured ret
The missile release was successfully carried out from the aircraft at an altitude of about 20,000 ft and all the objectives of the test were met and it was a perfect textbook launch, the Ministry of Defence said.
The proposal for developing a three-layered Long Range Surface to Air Missile system is at an advanced stage in the Defence Ministry and is expected to be taken up for clearance soon, defence sources told ANI.
“The IAF has asked the original equipment manufacturer Dassault Aviation to integrate Indian-made weapons like the Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) and the Astra air-to-air missile with the Rafale which has been in service with the IAF since 2020,” defence officials told ANI.
China's construction of artificial islands in the Spratlys, initially promised to be non-militarized, soon revealed a different truth. These islands now boast airstrips, harbours, radar stations, anti-aircraft guns, anti-ship cruise missiles, and long-range surface-to-air missiles.
Li was sanctioned by the administration of former US President Donald Trump in 2018 for purchasing Russian weapons, including 10 Su-35 combat aircraft and equipment related to the S-400 surface-to-air missile system, reported CNN.
The Indian Navy on Tuesday, undertook the Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) firing from INS Visakhapatnam validating the capability to engage Anti-Ship Missiles.
A Chinese J-11 fighter jet armed with air-to-air missiles intercepted the US Navy reconnaissance jet over the South China Sea, the Wall Street Journal reported.
In a significant boost to Indian Army's Air Defence and Capability development along Northern Borders, the first Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) Regiment is being raised in the Eastern Theatre.