BREAKING: India-Israel Carry out Another Successful Barak-8 Missile Test
Indo-Israeli BARAK-8 Interceptor System - A joint Israeli and Indian development, and is due to become officially operational in both navies within a year to two years
The Barak-8 is designed to defend naval vessels against incoming missiles, planes and drones
The joint Israeli-Indian Barak-8 missile system completed another successful test on Thursday, successfully eliminating an enemy target. The Barak 8, an upgraded version of the Barak system both countries already use, is designed to defend naval vessels against incoming missiles, planes and drones.
Designed to defend against a variety of short-to- long-range airborne threats - including fixed- wing aircraft, helicopters, drones and projectiles - Barak-8 incorporates a state-of-the-art phased array multi-mission radar, two-way data link, and a flexible command and control system, enabling users to simultaneously engage multiple targets day and night and in all weather conditions, according to IAI.
The Barak-8 is part of next-generation defenses currently being installed on Israeli Navy ships to protect them from threats that include Russian-made Yakhont surface-to-sea missiles reportedly in the possession of Lebanese Shi'ite militia Hezbollah. To date, the system has racked up "significant sales" to customers around the world, IAI said.
The former commander of Israel's Navy Missile Boats Flotilla (Shayetet 3), Col. Eyal Harel told the Israeli news site Ynet that Israel knows how do deal with the threats posed by the Yakhont.
"We introduced the new Adir radar system, which provides wide-scope coverage and detection, and soon we will introduce the Barak 8 surface-to-air missiles that will improve our defense capabilities, like a naval Iron Dome,"he said adding that "even now we can already deal with the Yakhont with the tools at our disposal.
But we should take the Yakhont very seriously; it's not a toothless threat. If this thing is launched and hits - that would be bad," Other partners in the project include ELTA Systems Ltd., an IAI subsidiary which develops the radar, Rafael Advanced Defense Systems, which produces the interceptor missile, and other defense firms.
Dr. Avinash Chander, Head of DRDO and
Scientific adviser to the Indian defense minister, said that "this is an important milestone in the cooperation between India and Israel and in the development of the Barak-8 advanced air defense system."
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