As hostilities escalate between Iran and Israel-with both nations trading airstrikes in a fresh round of conflict-an ...

India's homegrown surface-to-air missile (SAM) system Akash is getting a lot of attention from other nations as they consider buying the advanced weapons platform.

Under this deal, the Army will receive two regiments comprising six firing units each and an unknown quantity of 30-kilometer-range (19-mile-range) surface-to-air missiles. The Akash was locally ...

"The Akash firing unit was deployed with Firing Level Radar (FLR), Firing Control Centre (FCC), and two Akash Air Force Launcher (AAFL) launchers having five armed missiles," they said.

The Akash firing unit, armed with advanced components including the Firing Level Radar ... The Akash missile system, along with other key platforms such as Dornier-228 aircraft, ...

Akash Missile System: Akash is a medium-range surface-to-air missile system developed indigenously by India, ... The Zu-23-2 has destroyed low-flying Pakistani drones with its rapid firing. 4.

India demonstrated the capability of the Akash missile system to engage four aerial targets simultaneously at a range of 25 kilometres, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO ...

One of Akash’s notable achievements occurred in December 2023, when India became the first country to destroy four aerial targets simultaneously with a single firing unit.

Akash surface-to-air missile system. ... and it began from 5:00 PM IST. But hours later, Pakistan violated the agreement and triggered cross-border firing once again.

NEW DELHI, May 14. /TASS/. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India’s air defenses, which include Russian-made S-400 Triumph systems, have played a decisive role in its Operation Sindoor.