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The SAMAR air defence missile system developed in-house by the units of Indian Air Forces Maintenance Command was fired at the Exercise Vayushakti for the first time...
The SAMAR air defence system has been developed by Indian Air Force's 7 Base Repair Depot Tughlakabad (BRD) using its old Russian-origin air-to-air missile systems...
The system can engage aerial threats with missiles operating at a speed range of 2 to 2.5 Mach...
During the excercise, over 120 aircraft displayed the lAF's offensive capabilities by day as well as by night.. Fighter aircraft of the Indian Air Force including the Rafale, Su-30 MKI, MiG-29, Mirage-2000, Tejas and Hawk were used in the excercise, the defence ministry said in a release...
The indigenous Air Defence Systems, Akash and SAMAR missile systems were also showcased, destroying multiple aerial targets...
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