Akashteer Awakens: India’s Iron Dome Incinerates Enemy Drones and Missiles Instantly

India is making a rapid leap forward in air defence, going beyond dependence on foreign systems such as the Russian S-400 by creating its own state-of-the-art, multi-layered air defence systems. The new indigenous systems are capable of intercepting and destroying adversary missiles, drones, and planes with unparalleled speed and accuracy, effectively "burning enemy weapons to ashes within seconds."

 

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All these reflect India's turn towards self-reliance in defence technology, prioritizing rapid response, layered defence, and incorporation of kinetic (missile-based) and non-kinetic (jamming, spoofing) countermeasures.

 

The integration of indigenous and imported systems, augmented by real-time data fusion and state-of-the-art radar technology, guarantees that any incoming hostile weapon within Indian airspace would be detected, traced, and destroyed virtually at once.

Upcoming developments under the Ballistic Missile Defence Programme are hypersonic interceptors and improved radar capabilities to offer India an almost impenetrable air cover.

 

India's indigenous air defence technologies are reshaping the country's capability to protect its airspace, threatening to reduce enemy targets to ashes in the blink of an eye and raising the bar in military readiness.

 

Source: OpIndia, Times of India, Moneycontrol, Vajiram & Ravi, The Indian Express