{"id":335773,"date":"2025-05-06T17:01:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T11:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=335773"},"modified":"2025-05-12T19:55:31","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T14:25:31","slug":"igla-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/igla-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Igla-S"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> Indian Army gets new <strong>Russian<\/strong> missiles Igla-S to counter drones, choppers, jets.<\/p>\n<h2>About Igla-S<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_335776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-335776\" style=\"width: 389px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-335776\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Igla-S.png?resize=389%2C219&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"389\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Igla-S.png?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Igla-S.png?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Igla-S.png?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Igla-S.png?w=1421&amp;ssl=1 1421w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-335776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Business Today<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Igla-S is <strong>a man-portable, shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile (SAM) system <\/strong>that uses <strong>infrared (IR) homing to lock<\/strong> onto the heat signatures of aerial targets.<\/li>\n<li>It is also known as <strong>Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADS).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Working:<\/strong> Once fired, the missile homes in on the target&#8217;s engine heat, making it <strong>effective even against small, fast-moving threats<\/strong> like drones and helicopters.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Range:<\/strong> It is capable of engaging <strong>targets up to 6 km away<\/strong> and at <strong>altitudes of up to 3.5 km<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>This missile is in use by Indian Army since 1990s but this advanced variant <strong>improves upon the earlier Igla models<\/strong>\u2014 offering <strong>better resistance to countermeasures and improved seeker accuracy.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Indian Army gets new Russian missiles Igla-S to counter drones, choppers, jets. About Igla-S The Igla-S is a man-portable, shoulder-launched surface-to-air missile (SAM) system that uses infrared (IR) homing to lock onto the heat signatures of aerial targets. It is also known as Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADS). Working: Once fired, the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/igla-s\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Igla-S<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":335776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-335773","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Igla-S.png?fit=1421%2C800&ssl=1","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335773","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\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335773"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335773\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335776"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}