Indian Air Force inducts SAMAR air-defence system
20 DECEMBER 2023
by Kapil Kajal
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has inducted the Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system, an IAF source told Janes on 20 December.
According to the source, the service also test-fired the system in mid-December at Air Force Station Suryalanka located in the southern coastal region of India.
The source did not elaborate on the number of systems the service has inducted. However, another IAF official told Janes in February that the first batch will include five SAMAR units.
SAMAR is a short-range air-defence system jointly developed by the IAF's 7 Base Repair Depot (BRD) and 11 BRD in association with Indian private-sector companies Simran Flowtech Industries and Yamazuki Denki.
The system provides air defence against low-flying aerial targets with a maximum striking range of 12 km.
20 DECEMBER 2023
by Kapil Kajal
The Indian Air Force (IAF) has inducted the Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) system, an IAF source told Janes on 20 December.
According to the source, the service also test-fired the system in mid-December at Air Force Station Suryalanka located in the southern coastal region of India.
The source did not elaborate on the number of systems the service has inducted. However, another IAF official told Janes in February that the first batch will include five SAMAR units.
SAMAR is a short-range air-defence system jointly developed by the IAF's 7 Base Repair Depot (BRD) and 11 BRD in association with Indian private-sector companies Simran Flowtech Industries and Yamazuki Denki.
The system provides air defence against low-flying aerial targets with a maximum striking range of 12 km.