It was not inducted then
Bdw.its Feb 27 ..
India has Russian jamming pods ...Israel jamming pods and Indian jamming pods ....
And India regularly test them agnaist ads
Ya the more systems you have ,the more secure you are
Again our all ad platforms will be under a single command.....
We have akash ,mrsam ,spyder ,osa ak,pechora ..tungsuka .....etc ...soon s400 and BMD system too......
They are last stage of defence....India's first second stage of defence are very capable and strong systems....like mrsam...akash ..qrsam ...spyder ...s400
And their upgradation cost is low
But they were to be replaced by akash...still why they are keeping those systems......a question for me...
Ya manpads are difficult....ccms are also difficult.....
The seeker should be good enough
In bvr range ,if the missile misses the target then you have the time for survival...but in manpad ,there is no scope for survival...
Again we just started producing quality seeker s ....so
And
Manpad...
It was discussed before many times
Igla s was the contender and Winner if vshoard system competition......
Verba never tested by us. Though. On paper verba is a better system than igla s.......
https://dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/india-integrated-air-defense-weapon-system-iadws-and-related-equipment-and-support
Details here..........
WASHINGTON, February 10, 2020 - The State Department has made a determination approving a possible Foreign Military Sale to India of an Integrated Air...
The Indian federal government has approved the procurement of six additional squadrons of the Akash surface-to-air (SAM) missile system for the Indian Air Force (IAF) for INR55 billion (USD767.7 million).
Senior Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials said on 5 September that the Cabinet Committee...