According to the report, the system will be able to “detect and destroy incoming stealth fighters, aircraft, drones, cruise missiles and precision-guided munitions at ranges up to 350-km.”
The “interception capabilities” of the indigenous long-range surface-to-air missile (LR-SAM) system, will be “comparable” to the Russian S-400 Triumf air defence system, the report said.
It may be mentioned here that the Russian S-400 Triumf was recently inducted by the Indian Air Force.
“It will be capable of reliable `area air defence’ with single-shot kill probability of not less than 80% for single missile launch and not less than 90% for salvo launch,” ToI reported citing a source.
The system is meant to provide comprehensive air defence cover to strategic and tactical vulnerable areas. According to the DRDO, the LR-SAM will be “effective even against high-speed targets with low-radar cross-section”.
DRDO says it will be “able to take out fighter-sized targets at a 250-km range, with larger aircraft like AWACS (airborne warning and control systems) and mid-air refuelers being intercepted at 350-km.”
Firing units of the new system can “interact” with the IAF’s integrated air command and control system (IACCS), it said. IACCS is a fully-automated air defence network, where data links are being progressively built to integrate the wide array of military radars with each other as well as with civilian radars to plug surveillance gaps in Indian airspace.
