Barak missile system

Why is it in news?
  • Israel Aerospace Industries has won a $777 million order for the Barak 8 air defense system for the Indian Navy.
  • The deal is with India’s state-owned Bharat Electronics Limited to supply LRSAM Air & Missile Defense systems – the marine version of the Barak 8 system.
Barak-8
  • Barak-8 (Lightning 8 in Hebrew), also known as also known as LR-SAM or as MR-SAM is an operational air and missile defense system used by Israeli Navy as well as by Indian Navy and air forces.
  • It has been jointly developed by Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Israel’s Administration for Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure, Elta Systems, Rafael and some other Indian defence companies.
  • Features:
  1. Length- 4.5 meters ,
  2. Diameter- 0.225 meters and
  3. Weight- 275 kg including 60 kg warhead.
  4. Speed- It has maximum speed of Mach 2 with maximum operational range of 70 km (which has been increased to 100 km).
  5. It has dual pulse rocket motor as well as Thrust vector control and possesses high degrees of maneuverability at target interception range.
  • Capabilities:
  1. The missile provides broad aerial and point defence against wide range of threats to marine arena from the air, sea or land.
  2. It is designed to defend against variety of short-to-long-range airborne threats, including fixed-wing aircraft, helicopters, drones and projectiles.
  3. It incorporates state-of-the-art phased array multi-mission radar, two-way data link, and flexible command and control system, enabling users to simultaneously engage multiple targets day and night and in all weather conditions.
Sources
The Hindu, defencepost.com




Posted by Jawwad Kazi on 25th Oct 2018
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