SAMAR Air Defence System
The Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation , or SAMAR is a quick reaction surface-to-air missile system. SAMAR has been developed by IAF’s 7 Base Repair Depot (BRD) and 11 BRD in partnership with Simran Flowtech Industries and Yamazuki Denki.
| SAMAR Air Defence System | |
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| Type | Surface-to-air missile |
| Place of origin | India |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2022 |
| Used by | Indian Air force |
| Production history | |
| Designer | IAF’s 7 Base Repair Depot (BRD) and 11 BRD in partnership with Simran Flowtech Industries and Yamazuki Denki. |
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| Specifications | |
Detonation mechanism | Radio proximity fuze |
Operational range | 12–40 km (7.5–24.9 mi) |
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SAMAR is a short range air defence system using Russian origin Vympel R-73 and R-27 air to air missiles.[1][2]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Satam, Parth (23 October 2022). "Indian 'Jugaad'! IAF Converts Obsolete Russian Air-To-Air Missiles Into Surface-To-Air Systems; Experts Perplexed". Latest Asian, Middle-East, EurAsian, Indian News. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
- ↑ "IAF's SAMAR Air Defence System". Retrieved 16 November 2022.