India plans to procure missile shield from U.S.

India plans to procure missile shield from U.S.

News:

1. India is in discussion with the U.S. to procure an advanced air defence system to defend the NCR from aerial attacks.

Important facts:

2. The process of procuring the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II(NASAMS-II) has been initiated.

3. NASAMS-II

• The NASAMS was developed by Raytheon in partnership with KONGSBERG Defence and Aerospace of Norway
• It provide state of the art defence system that can maximise the ability to quickly identify, engage and destroy current and evolving enemy aircraft, UAV or emerging cruise missile threats.
• NASAMS-II is an upgraded version of the NASAMS and features new 3D mobile surveillance radars and 12 missile launchers for quicker reaction.
• It is in the Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) stage now.
• This system will help in preventing 9/11 type attacks.
• The system would complement other systems such as the medium and long-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems under procurement.

4. India is deploying a multi-tiered air defence network to fully secure its airspace from incoming fighter aircraft, missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV).

5. India is also in an advanced stage of talks with Russia for the procurement of very long rang S-400 air defence systems.

6. India is also developing an indigenous Ballistic Missile Defence(BMD) system.

7. Phase-I of the BMD is expected to be deployed very soon.

8. India is going ahead with the procurement of the S-400 systems despite U.S sanctions against Russia.