air defence
MR-SAM: Boosting Efficacy of India’s Air Defence
India’s’ Air Defence (AD) arsenal witnessed a significant fillip with the Hon’ble Defence Minister, Shri Rajnath Singh handing over of the first deliverable Firing Unit of the Medium Range Surface…
By Brig Arvind Dhananjayan (Retd)
Russia begins rollout of new S-500 air defence system – report
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia has completed tests of its new S-500 surface-to-air missile system and has started supplying it to the armed forces, the RIA news agency quoted deputy prime…
DRDO hands over air defence missile (MRSAM) System to Indian Air Force
Key Highlights: MRSAM provides air defence against aerial threats like fighter aircraft, UAVs, guided and unguided munitions & cruise missiles Capable of engaging multiple targets at ranges up to 70…
Syria says Israeli air strikes target areas near Damascus
CAIRO (Reuters) -Israel carried out air strikes on targets near Damascus early on Friday, triggering Syrian air defences but causing no casualties, Syrian state media reported, the second such attack…
BDL signs Rs 499-crore deal with IAF for Akash missiles
New Delhi [India], July 9 (ANI): Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) on Thursday signed a contract worth about Rs 499 crore with the Ministry of Defence for the manufacture and supply…
Taiwan reports largest daily incursion by Chinese Air Force
Taipei [Taiwan], June 16 (ANI): Taiwan has witnessed the largest daily incursion as over two dozen Chinese military planes flew into the country's Air Defence Identified Zones (ADIZ) on Tuesday,…
S 400 TRIUMF: Transforming India’s Air Defence
"The Russian S-400 is arguably one of the very best all-round strategic SAM systems in operation today" STRATFOR Worldview An Air Defence (AD) System, as the name…
Iron Dome : Israel’s Protective Shield by Rafael
Ever since its formation as a Jewish state on 14 May 1948, Israel has been in a perpetual struggle for survival, be it from hostile neighbours or from armed Palestinian…
Drone Killers: Raytheon’s Laser Weapon Systems
Drone Killers: Raytheon’s Laser Weapon Systems Team Chanakya The 21st century battlefield is faced with a new dilemma – the unmanned threat from air. Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) have been…
Navy’s Missile Arsenal – A Decisive Factor
Maritime operations feature one of the most sophisticated and asymmetric fighting environments, given their multi-dimensional threat scenarios and vastness of the area of operations, both surface and sub surface. Moreover,…
