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The Indian Army and Air Force are using made-in-India Akash air defence system to intercept Pakistani missiles.
Since Thursday evening, Pakistan has been attacking India with missiles and drones, but most of those projectiles have been successfully intercepted by Indian air defence system. For missiles, India is primarily using using Akash and Russia-made S-400 air defence systems.
India pressed Akash and S-400 systems into combat operations for the first time on Thursday in response to Pakistan attacks.
Defence officials have said that the Akash system has performed “effectively” so far.
“The Made in India Akash surface-to-air missile air defence system has been effectively used by the Indian armed forces in foiling Pakistani attacks towards Indian targets. Both the Indian Army and Air Force have the missile system all along the Pakistan border,” the defence officials told ANI.
Akash is a medium-range, surface-to-air missile system used to defend against missiles and drones. The real-time multi-sensor data processing and threat evaluation allows the system to simultaneously engage multiple targets from any direction.
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Akash air defence system has the following key specifications:
Up to 18 km altitude range
80 km coverage by Multi Function Radar and 120 km coverage by Central Acquisition Radar
High level of automation enables effective operation
Tracking of multiple targets in TWS mode by Multi Function Radar
Simultaneous engagement of many targets with multiple missiles
High jamming immunity in severe ECM environment
High Missile Maneuverability
Automatic checkout, launch and abort facility for missile
Open architecture of System enables wider operational network connectivity to any other digital networks
Sources have said that Russia-made S-400 and indigenous Akash air defence systems were pressed into action to intercept incoming Pakistani drones and missiles.
Sources said that both hard kill and soft kill technologies were employed against Pakistani drones.
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