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By Franz-Stefan Gady
Indian sources claim that the Akash SAM system is more accurate than US MIM-104 Patriot missiles.
Yesterday, the Indian Army inducted theAkash mid-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system after a wait of 32 years,IBNLive reported.
The Akash (“Sky”) is an indigenously designed medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system, whose surface-to-air supersonic missiles (armed with 60 kg high-explosive, pre-fragmented warheads) can engage aerial targets up to a distance of 25 km and at altitudes up to 18 km.
According to the developers (the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization, the Ordnance Factories Board, and Bharat Electronics), the new weapon is a multi-target, multi-directional, all weather air-defense system and can provide air defense missile coverage for an area of 2,000 square km.
Read the full story at The Diplomat