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Barak 8 (Hebrew: בָּרָק, lit."Lightning"), also known as LR-SAM or MR-SAM and Barak MX, [9] [10] [11] is an Indian-Israeli jointly developed surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as ballistic missiles, [12] cruise missiles and combat jets. [13]
Barak-8 is a long-range anti-air and anti-missile naval defence system developed jointly by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India. The Indian Army inducted a variant of Barak 8 missile to meet its requirement for a medium-range surface-to-air air defence missile.
The launch tested the efficacy of vertical launch system and missile's maximum and minimum range. Both the missile successfully intercepted their target with pin point accuracy. [18] 7 December 2021: VL-SRSAM was successfully tested by DRDO from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur. The launch was conducted from a vertical launcher against an ...
In April 2021, it was reported that work had begun to integrate Barak 8 (or LR-SAM) on board Vikrant. [89] [90] [91] On 15 June 2021, Vikrant was moved to the Ernakulam Wharf in Kochi, Kerala. [92] On 4 August 2021, sea trials finally began. [93] The first phase of the sea trials was successfully completed on 8 August 2021. [94]
[61] [62] On 17 September 2009, US president Barack Obama announced the cancellation of the U.S. missile defense project in Poland and the Czech Republic. [63] The following day, Moscow indicated it might in turn cancel the plans to deploy Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad; [64] a few days later, the decision not to deploy was confirmed by ...
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It is armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 40 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles Gabriel V, [12] [13] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers.
WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 28: U.S. President Barack Obama pauses as he makes a statement at the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House August 28, 2014 in Washington, DC.