India has shipped the first Akash weapon system battery to Armenia. This is the second missile system to have been exported, the The New Indian Express reports.
The Akash system, developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization, is a surface-to-air missile (SAM) which can hit targets like fighter jets, missiles (cruise, air-to-surface), drones and other aerial assets to a range of 25km.
Manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), each battery of Akash weapon system is accompanied by a single Rajendra 3D passive electronically scanned array radar and four launchers with three missiles each, all of which are interlinked.
According to the source, in 2022, Armenia inked a deal with India to procure 15 Akash missile systems worth around Rs 6,000 crore, thus becoming the first foreign country to buy this missile system.
