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India to induct home-made air defense system Friday

Xinhua, July 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

India will on Friday formally induct its home-made air defense system into its Air Force, sources said Thursday.

"The induction of the Akash Air Defense System will be done by Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar at Gwalior in the central state of Madhya Pradesh," the sources said.

In the first phase, eight squadrons -- each consisting of two firing units with four launchers -- is likely to be deployed at Air Force bases in Gwalior, and four other places, they said.

The missile system, developed by the state-owned Defense Research and Development Organization, is capable of targeting enemy aircraft and missiles up to 30 kms away, at an altitude of 18,000 metres. Endi