S -400, Spider, Akash: India’s air defense systems explained amidst increasing tension with Pakistan. Bharat News
New Delhi: Armed forces on Thursday shot more than 50 herd drones through their air defense system as Pakistan tried to break the Line of Control (LOC) and international borders.The Pakistan Armed Forces began several attacks using drones and other monks along the entire western border at night intervention of 08 and 09 May 2025. Pak soldiers resorted to several conflicts fire violations (CFVs) along the line of control in Jammu and Kashmir.“The drone attacks were effectively canceled and the CFV was replied,” it said.Army Air Defense Units deployed advanced weapons including special counter-UAS equipment in many areas including L-70 guns, ZU-23 mm system, Shilka Systems, and Udampur, Samba, Jammu, Akhanur, Nagrota and Pathakot.
What is the air defense system?
Air defense systems are advanced military establishments designed to protect from air threats such as aircraft, missiles, drones and helicopters.These systems work through several layers of integrated abilities that work together to detect, track and neutralize air threats. At the core of modern air defense networks, there are radar systems, which serve as primary identity tools, scan the sky for constant potential hazards.These are supported by early warning systems, which allow timely and effective defensive action to raise statutory awareness by collecting, analyzing and relapping important data about the goals coming.
- Command and control centers form the brain of the ED system. They get information from various sensors, process data, and coordinate defensive reactions. These centers upgrade computer and communication devices, enabling fast decision making and response yields.
- Surface-to-air missiles (SAMS) form primary arms systems in air defense. These missiles vary in range and capacity, protecting long-range missiles protecting specific installations from short-range systems. Modern SMS features refined guidance system and can attach several goals simultaneously.
- Mobile air defense units provide flexibility and can be rapidly deployed to protect moving forces or to respond to emerging hazards. These units typically include vehicle-mounted radar, missiles and command systems, allowing for quick repairing as changes in strategic conditions.
India’s air defense arsenal
India’s multi -layered air defense system with a mixture of missile systems and indigenous sky in the air from the surface of Russian and Israel is considered much better than Pakistan, which depends on large -scale Chinese systems.
S-400 Triumph Surface-to-Air Missile System
- 380-km range
- 3 squads deployed under 40,000 CR deal with Russia in October 2018
- Russia -2 squads delayed in 2026-27 due to Ukraine War
Barak -8 Mr.
- Range over 70 kilometers
- Under the projects developed jointly with Israel, initially it is priced at Rs 30,000
- Not a big. IAF, Navy and Army are being progressively included by the Army
Sky
- 25 km range
- IAF has included the wholesale of 15 squads of the sky 1 and 2 systems ordered for Rs 10,900cR.
- The army has 4 regiments for 22,340 CR. More in the pipeline
Spider
- 15-Mimi Range
- Israeli low-level quick-response anti-aarcraft missile system
- Many units involved by IAF and Army
Small limit
- New Russian shoulder prepared IGLA-S (6-km) system
- Old Russian IGLA-1M (5-km), OSA-M (10-KM), Pechora missiles and advanced L-70 anti-airfall guns (3.5-km)
Meanwhile, Chinese-supply HQ-9 air defense missile batteries and radars, which have a limit of 120 km in the base variant, extends to 300 km in the latest, in turn, are the mainstays of Pakistan. It also has a French-origin anti-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-ai-aarcraft system with 20–25 km range to protect airbase and other important features among other systems.
