{"id":269536,"date":"2023-11-16T19:28:40","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:58:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=269536"},"modified":"2023-11-16T19:28:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:58:40","slug":"igla-s-missile-russia-to-supply-igla-s-anti-aircraft-missiles-to-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/igla-s-missile-russia-to-supply-igla-s-anti-aircraft-missiles-to-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Igla-S Missile: Russia to supply Igla-S anti-aircraft missiles to India"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source: <\/b>The post is based on the article <\/span>\u201cIgla-S Missile: Russia to supply Igla-S anti-aircraft missiles to India\u201d <\/b>published in <\/span>\u201cTOI\u201d on 16th November 2023<\/b><\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Russia has signed a deal to provide Igla-S anti-aircraft missiles to India and authorized the local production of Igla-S under license.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

What is Igla-S?<\/h2>\n
\"Igla-S\"
Source: News18<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Specifications<\/b><\/td>\nDetails<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What is it<\/b><\/td>\nIgla-S is a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS) that can be fired by an individual or crew to bring down an enemy aircraft.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Developed by<\/b><\/td>\nRussia<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Features<\/b><\/td>\nIt has a capability of bringing down low flying aircraft.
\n<\/span>It can also identify and neutralize air targets such as cruise missiles and drones<\/span>.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Comprises of<\/b><\/td>\nThe missile comprises 9M342 missile, 9P522 launching mechanism, 9V866-2 mobile test station and 9F719-2 test set.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Range<\/b><\/td>\n500m to 6 km<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Target Altitude<\/b><\/td>\nUpto 3.5 kms<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Speed<\/b><\/td>\n400 meters per second<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Significance<\/b><\/td>\nThis will boost India\u2019s defence capabilities along Pakistan and China\u2019s borders.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Note: <\/b>Russia is India\u2019s largest arms supplier. According to <\/span>Stockholm International Peace Research Institute(SIPRI), Russia accounted for 45% of India\u2019s arms imports between 2018 and 2022 followed by France at 29% and United States at 11%.<\/span><\/p>\n

UPSC Syllabus:<\/strong> Defence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article \u201cIgla-S Missile: Russia to supply Igla-S anti-aircraft missiles to India\u201d published in \u201cTOI\u201d on 16th November 2023 Why in the News? Russia has signed a deal to provide Igla-S anti-aircraft missiles to India and authorized the local production of Igla-S under license.\u00a0 What is Igla-S? Specifications Details… Continue reading Igla-S Missile: Russia to supply Igla-S anti-aircraft missiles to India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-269536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":5,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1700169872},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}