Akash missile to be inducted in IAF and Indian Army

[lambu]

India will achieve a major milestone inthe development of indigenous military technology when Defence Minister AK Antony hands over the first batch of Akash surface-to-air missiles to the Indian Air Force inHyderabad on Saturday, ahead of its deployment in the northeast against possible Chinese threats.

Antony will also hand over TAL, an advanced indigenously developed lightweight torpedo, to the Indian Navy.

"The defence minister will hand over Akash and TAL to the air force and the navy on Saturday in Hyderabad," a defence ministry official said here Thursday.

The two weapon systems that will greatly enhance the air force and navy's strike capabilities, have been indigenously and manufactured by theHyderabad-based Bharat Dynamics Limited, a defence public sector undertaking.

Akash and TAL were developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

India plans to deploy two squadrons of the Akash missile in the northeastern region as a counter to threats from China.

Akash missile to be inducted by India to counter China | idrw.org

 

[mayfair]

Good news. A journey of a thousand miles starts with a small step.

Indigenisation is the key and the way forward.

 

[sayareakd]

Good News.

If you are wondering what is Akash missile airforce version, here it is

 

[Rahul92]

Here is TAL

 

[SPIEZ]

I thought they were already inducted way back in 2008

 

[Mr.Ryu]

Akash only getting inducted now ? very bad

Any how better late than never

 

[noob101]

good news since almost all the army and airforce SAM systems are out of date soviet era equipment....

 

[tony4562]

Wooh, Congratulations

 

[Vishwarupa]

For you everything looks copy. Person with Jaundice thanks everything is yellow

 

[sayareakd]

Congratulations

Second think about this missile when it is going to ram into your fighters from behind and destroyed it.

 

[SPIEZ]

Congratulations

Yup! ............

 

[trackwhack]

Congratulations

Agreed.....................

 

[m-jeri]

^^^

Can you start doing that then?. But only the Chinese ones please. No copies/reverse engineered/claimed original ones.

ofc the indian ones too.

 

[sayareakd]

better ignore the chines and go ahead with the thread.

 

[nitesh]

LCA copy of Mirage 2000

 

[arya]

well thats good but lots of things need to be done, china is ahead us but thats not meant we cant catch them

 

[A chauhan]

Good news !

Induct them in large numbers, ignore Chinese trolls "Chor ko sab chor hi dikhte hain" (Thief thinks everyone is a thief)

 

[trackwhack]

To compare DRDO with chinese defence industry would be nothing but an insult to the latter (just like comparing everything else between the two countries, silly). I could write down every indian defence projects, most of them failures of course, on a single blank A4 sheet, but to do that for chinese products (not just projects) you need a dictionary.

Can you name one Chinese defense system that is not a foreign clone and I wont argue further. In fact I will broaden the scope for you. Can you name any chinese product that is not a foreign clone. Tofu does not qualify.

 

[sayareakd]

it is also good news for network centric warfare for missile defence, plus IAF has already introduce its airnet.

 

[sayareakd]

this is army version info but worth posting here