Air Defence Systems
Iron Dome of Israel
Recently, Israel and Palestine engaged in air strikes. It all began with Israeli Police installing a barricade at the Damascus Gate. Later the tensions escalated due to the storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque by the Israeli police. To this, the Hamas ..
Tags: Air Defence Systems • Damascus • Gaza Strip • iron dome • israel
Month: Current Affairs - May, 2021
QRSAM: successfully test-fired by DRDO
Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted two back-to-back flight tests of its state of the art Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missiles (QRSAM) from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur in Odisha. The test was conducted against live aerial targets. Key Highlights ..
Tags: Air Defence Systems • Chandipur • Defence Research and Development Organisation • Inertial navigation system • Integrated Test Range (ITR)
Month: Current Affairs - August, 2019
NASAMS-II: India plans to procure advanced air defence system from US
India is in talks with United States to procure National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II), an advanced air defence system at $1 billion to defend National Capital Region (NCR) from aerial attacks. The proposal is in Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) ..
Tags: Air Defence Systems • Defence Acquisition council • India-US • NASAMS-II • Nirmala Sitharaman
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2018
Russia, India ink defence deal on S-400 Air Defence Systems
India has signed a defence deal worth nearly Rs 39,000 crore with Russia to purchase five state of art S-400 ‘Triumf’ air defence systems. Besides, India also announced to collaborate in making four stealth frigates and setting up a joint ..
Tags: Air Defence Systems • Defence • India-Russia • National • S-400