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DRDO forced cancellation of the armed forces requirement for both Patriot and S-300PMU-2 in the early 2000s because they promised them a system that is superior to the S-300PMU2. Thus no deal materialized from either the Russians or the Americans for a BMD. We did not go for the Arrow-2 BMD either, which was available at the time. Instead we decided to use the Arrow-2's tracking radar and built our own radar based on that called Swordfish. It's radar range is 600 Km against a cricket ball sized target. Based on the Swordfish we built 2 SAM systems called AAD and PAD which have already undergone multiple tests and is currently being deployed in Delhi and Mumbai. The scientists say the system has surpassed both PAC-3 and S-300 class systems. With the induction of a new missile called PDV, we will achieve equivalency with THAAD and S-400.Are you saying that India will get "S-500" around 2016/17?
1. S-500 is nowhere but your dream.
2. Russian will have not enough S-400 ,even for Russian army by 2016/2017.
3. Further more, what is "India's current system"? Is that system better than HQ-9?
What differentiates our BMD with S-400 is the missile called 40N6, which has an engagement altitude of 180Km. PDV is expected to have an engagement altitude of 150+ Km, according to DRDO officials. THAAD also engages missiles at altitudes of 150 Km. Our current BMD of the S-300 class stops missiles at 80 Km altitude.
This was phase-1 of the BMD where missiles of the 2.5 Km/s class can be stopped. These are primarily meant to stop all the Pakistani missiles and SRBM/MRBMs of China. AAD/PAD and PDV SAMs are part of phase-1 and this phase was officially completed last year.
The next phase is the phase-2 of the BMD where missiles of the 5 Km/s class will be stopped, that's missiles with ranges of 5000Km. In this project, the Swordfish's range will be increased to 1500 Km. Two new SAMs will be developed, called AD-1 and AD-2. This will be our S-500 equivalent system.
Btw, we are not buying S-500. We are deploying a S-300/400 class system today and are developing a S-500 class system and deploy it by 2017. So, regardless of what Russia is doing, our plans are completely independent. The BMD is one of the few major successes of the Indian military industry.
This should give you some clues of what I am talking about.
India Signals Ballistic Missile Defence Will Be In Place Soon