Iron Dome: The indigenous 'Iron Dome' will work like Brahmastra, the borders will be impenetrable, know its features
Iron Dome: India's Iron Dome, capable of shooting down enemy fighter planes, drones, cruise missiles and even invisible planes in a moment, is being prepared rapidly. Read Suresh Vyas's special report…
Iron Dome: India's Iron Dome, capable of shooting down enemy fighter planes, drones, cruise missiles and even invisible planes in a moment, is being prepared rapidly. The government has set a target to deploy this precise air defense system in the next three years.
As soon as it is ready, India's air defense system will become extremely powerful overall. Flying objects coming within 150 to 350 km range of the enemy will be destroyed in the blink of an eye.
Scientists of the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) are conducting tests at different levels to prepare a comprehensive indigenous security shield under Project Kusha. An indigenous air defense system, much more powerful than the Israeli Iron Dome, is being developed in the country.
The long range surface to air missile system (Long Range-Surface to Air Missile i.e. LR-SAM) will be able to detect and destroy enemy stealth fighters, drones, cruise and guided missiles from a distance of about 350 km.
Apart from the Akash missile system, the army already has the medium range air defense system Barak-8 developed in collaboration with Israel.
Apart from this, the S-400 Triumph air defense system from Russia was inducted into the army last year. Under Project Kusha, a state-of-the-art and highly powerful indigenous air defense system is being developed.
System Features
Iron Dome is an air defense system. The radar, interceptor and missiles installed in it identify enemy flying objects coming in the prescribed range and destroy them.
LR SAM will have different interceptor missiles to identify enemy aircraft, drones, missiles in the range of 150, 250, 350 km. This system will also prove to be lethal on targets flying at high speeds away from the radar's range.
This system can also be integrated with the existing air defense system. The army will have the power to destroy all flying objects coming in the short, medium and long range.
Better alternative to S-400, foreign dependence will also reduce
According to experts, the LR-SEM air defense system will be a better alternative to the S-400 Triumph system purchased from Russia.
Once it is ready, foreign dependence will reduce. India had made a deal for five S-400 from Russia. The three regiments received so far have been deployed on the border with China and Pakistan. The supply of the remaining two is stuck due to the Russia-Ukraine war.
The committee's approval was received two years ago
The Cabinet Committee on Security had approved Project Kush as a mission-mode project to develop the LR-SEM system two years ago. After this, the Defense Ministry last year approved the purchase of five squadrons of it for the Air Force at a cost of Rs 21,700 crore.
Expert Comment
India is building LR-SEM to further strengthen its air defense capability. This system will be like Israel's Iron Dome system and the S-400 air defense system procured from Russia. It will be used with the medium-range surface-to-air missile system (MR-SEM) made with Israel and the Russian S-400 air defense system.
-Colonel (Retired) Manish Ojha