(a) whether the trial test firing of two long range surface-to-air missiles jointly developed with Israel were successful;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which these missiles are likely to be inducted?
(a) whether the trial test firing of two long range surface-to-air missiles jointly developed with Israel were successful;
(b) if so, the details thereof; and
(c) the time by which these missiles are likely to be inducted?
MINISTER OF STATE (DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)
IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE
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(a) Yes, Madam.
(b) & (c): Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) has been jointly developed by DRDO and IAI, Israel to be launched from ship. It possesses high degree of maneuverability at target interception range. LR-SAM has been developed to counter a wide variety of airborne threats, like anti-ship missiles, aircraft, helicopters, UAVs drones and supersonic missiles. Successful trials of Missile have been carried out recently and the weapon systems proven end to end. The deliverable have already been started.
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