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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.
Barak 8 (naval area defense) [14] Delilah (cruise missile of several variants: drone, air-to-ground, possible antiradiation version as well) [ 15 ] David's Sling/Magic Wand (land-based MRAD system) [ 16 ]
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 ...
Barak 8: MRSAM Medium-range surface-to-air missile: 70 km (43 mi) 16 km (9.9 mi) Mach 2+ Proximity censor based 2020 In service [133] LRSAM Long-range surface-to-air missile: 100 km (62 mi) 16 km (9.9 mi) Proximity censor based 2019 In service [134] S-400 400 km ER-SAM Extended-range surface-to-air missile: 250 km (160 mi) High explosive TBD
The comments came less than a month after Israel and Hamas reached a deal to pause the 15-month war in exchange for the release of some Israeli hostages still held in Gaza and some hundreds of ...
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]
The ships' design is loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8 [4] and the naval Iron Dome system. Elbit Systems has been awarded the contract to design and build the electronic warfare (EW) suites for the ships. [citation needed]