IAF to get more missiles that blunted Pak threats

MoD approves acquisition proposals worthy Rs 1.05 lakh crore

Nearly 2 months aft aerial defence missiles played a cardinal relation successful thwarting threats from Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, the Ministry of Defence has approved the procurement of much specified weapons on with 12 specialised warships that tin laic mines undersea and adjacent observe them.

In subject parlance, these are called surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) and are fired from the crushed astatine airborne targets specified arsenic drones, planes and jets. The SAMs are mated with aerial defence radars that nonstop the missiles towards incoming targets.

During Operation Sindoor, Pakistan fired hundreds of drones and missiles astatine India, which were changeable down by the layered aerial defence strategy that included the SAMs.

The SAMs are portion of the acquisition proposals amounting to astir Rs 1.05 lakh crore, a process to beryllium undertaken done indigenous sourcing. The Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), the apex decision-making assemblage connected procurements successful the MoD, chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, contiguous accorded the acceptance of necessity (AoN) for the acquisition of 10 abstracted instrumentality for the forces.

The MoD did not specify the number of SAMs to beryllium procured, though sources said the banal utilized by the Air Force during the skirmishes with Pakistan would beryllium replenished.

The DAC besides approved the procurement of physics warfare system, which is simply a specialised subject exertion utilized during combat to power the electromagnetic spectrum, including jamming, deceiving oregon spying, utilizing vigor waves and radar signals. An support was besides granted to bargain a bundle called integrated communal inventory absorption system, which volition beryllium utilized astatine associated logistics nodes created for the services. The 12 excavation antagonistic measurement vessels were being demanded for agelong by the Navy.