New Delhi: Ministry of Defense will soon be raised for an initial node for a proposal of Rs 30,000 crore for the Army’s Air Missile (QR-SAM) system to purchase three indigenous quick response surface regiments.The Defense Acquisition Council, led by Rajnath Singh, will consider the requirement (AON) for excessive-mobile QR-SAM system, designed to disrupt hostile fighters, helicopters and drones at the border up to 25–30 km at the end of this month.The move soon comes after India’s current multi-level air defense network, which plays an important role in thwarting several waves of Turkish-Mool drones and Chinese missiles, which has been launched by Pakistan during Operation Sindoor on 7-10 May.The DRDO and the army have tested the QR-SAM system against high-speed air goals over the last three-four years, which have to evaluate their capacity under different days and night operating scenarios while mimicking different types of dangers. Defense PSUS Bharat will co-create the electronics and India’s dynamics QR-SAM system.“The QR-SAM can work on steps with system search and track capacity and set fire to small stops. They are tailor to transfer tanks and infantry to provide air defense in a strategic battlefield.” Said an official.Army Air Defense (AAD), which performed highly well during Operation Sindoor, in fact, requires 11 regiments of the QR-SAM, even incorporating regiments of the progressively indigenous sky system, currently containing about 25-measi interceptions.IAF will add the induction of the QR-SAM system to the existing air defense network of the army, which is connected to long-range Russian S-400 ‘Tremf’ Surface-to-Air Missile System (380 km interception range) and Barak-8 Medium Range SAM System (70 km) to, 60 km-files (70 km). Anti -aercraft gun (3.5 km) and indigenous integrated drone detection and interdiction system (1 km -2 km).While the DRDO is also preparing a very short distance air defense missile system (VSHorads), which has a 6 km interception range, the real game-chain will be an air defense system with a 350 km range being developed under the ambitious project Kusha.India plans to operate this long-range system by 2028-2029, in which the Ministry of Defense approved AON for the purchase of five squadrons for IAF at a cost of Rs 21,700 crore in 2023, as reported by TOI for the first time.Also read: India aims to deploy indigenous long distance air defense system by 2028-2029
