India to Deploy Russian Aerostats Radar with Rafael's SPYDER Missiles
Ami Rojkes Dombe
| 10/03/2017
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In the major overhaul of obsolete air defense system along India’s border with Pakistan, the Russian system will be deployed with the Israeli-made SPYDER air defense missile this year.
Defense sources told Sputnik delivery of Russian Aerostats radar (most likely developed by RosAeroSystems) is expected to start in a few months and will be fitted with Rafael's EL/M-2083 early-warning radars. India will replace its age-old air defense system at six air bases and some other critical locations along its western border with SPYDER, which will replace Soviet-era OSA-AKM and ZRK-BD Strela-10M.
According to the report, India had inked an $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli company in 2008-09 for the supply of 90 launchers. SPYDER incorporates Rafael's advanced air-to-air missiles: the I-Derby active radar (RF) missile and Python-5, a dual waveband Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) missile. Slant-launch SPYDER-SR has 20-km intercept range.
Rafael made no comment on the issue.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4793482
In the major overhaul of obsolete air defense system along India’s border with Pakistan, the Russian system will be deployed with the Israeli-made SPYDER air defense missile this year.
Defense sources told Sputnik delivery of Russian Aerostats radar (most likely developed by RosAeroSystems) is expected to start in a few months and will be fitted with Rafael's EL/M-2083 early-warning radars. India will replace its age-old air defense system at six air bases and some other critical locations along its western border with SPYDER, which will replace Soviet-era OSA-AKM and ZRK-BD Strela-10M.
According to the report, India had inked an $1.2 billion contract with the Israeli company in 2008-09 for the supply of 90 launchers. SPYDER incorporates Rafael's advanced air-to-air missiles: the I-Derby active radar (RF) missile and Python-5, a dual waveband Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) missile. Slant-launch SPYDER-SR has 20-km intercept range.
Rafael made no comment on the issue.
