"Flight tests were conducted with deliverable production equipment of the Indian Army and Airforce demonstrating target interceptions at low altitude near boundary UAV and precision guided bomb SPICE 2000 earning the satisfaction of the users."
C-RAM is something like Iron dome of Israel. Why would you want India to get that? It is impossible to counter every rocket or artillery shell fired in large quantity. India can use weapons location radar and then target the location of weapons instead of using extremely expensive CRAM. It is easier to fire rockts but very expensive to have the seekers, guidance system to get a kinetic kill against an incoming rocket. Such system is worth only for BMD
If you can't counter the threat our valuable infrastructure will be at risk like runways,fuel and ammunition dumps etc because these are the high priority targets for our enemy.
Unlike Israelis our airbases and dumps are located around 150 kms from major Paki air bases and around 100 km from border.
Automated Air defence gun is called SAMs. The air defence gun is manually operated as it is a secondary defence after SAM. Akash SAM has a near 100% hit with the new seekers within 30km. If the Akash is kept near the border, then an impenetrable air defence can be established on Indian airspace. All cruise missiles and planes will be shot down in such cases.
Pakis are acquiring the long range PGM's and MLRS from chinkis.Unlike Israelis our airbases and dumps are located around 150 kms from major Paki air bases and around 100 km from border.
Such expensive systems are better for Israel which has critical infrastructure right across borders.
Akash and MRSAM can well counter all missile threats and PGMs. And soon QRSAM too.
AAA guns need to be automated though. Rheinmetal KDG could be a possible solution.
Or our own Atulya radar with Bofors L40
Since when?
Ok Akash SAM will be used to protect from the aircraft and cruise missiles.
Yes you can't intercept all the artillery or mlrs but we should intercept few to protect our asses like our critical infra dumps,runways.
How about dumb bombs and long range cheap mlrs?
Do you know the full form of SAM?
Clue: It have missile in it.
Technically SAMS are missiles but in real world, missiles are used instead of automated guns. Automated guns to defend against missiles are used in certain naval ships - CIWS like Ak630. But, in land they are not really effective. Ships have space constraint and are also mobile which makes them use such CIWS,
PGM is launched from aircraft. As I said, Akash missiles are not placed near the installation but along the border to ensure the aircrafts don't even cross the border. PGM has a range of a maximum 80km. Hence the plane will be intercepted by Akash before it can release PGM
The fuel dumps are all underground. Runways are generally hardened. Also, if Pakistan decides to bombard hundreds of artillery shells or MRBL rockets, there is very little India can do to defend. The best bet is to go on the offence. These artillery and rockets are never fired in small quantity. Israel faces a unique scenario where guerilla groups like HAMAS and Hezbollah keep attacking with small number of low quality rockets. That is unlikely to be the case anywhere else
Akash has already demonstrated ability to shoot down Spice 2000 PGM.
New PGM are having range excess of 100km.
Akash will be kept about 30km from the border, not reachable by enemy artillery. 30km distance is because Akash has the no escape zone of 30km. Since the intention is to defend against instrusion, Akash at 30km from border will be able to kill any plane that enters the Indian border. We can't keep S400 type guns in large numbers everywhere as the missiles are very expensive.
Pakis had 100km mlrs which is gifted by chinkis. And you want to keep the akash near border?
