Indian Army to deploy new Air Defence Missile Systems along border with Pakistan: sources
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NEW DELHI - Indian Army is planning to deploy a number of its air defence units close to the border to thwart aerial threats emanating from Pakistan.
"Some of the fighting formations including air defence and other defensive formations are now planned to be moved closer to the borders," top Army sources told ANI.
"With these air defence units deployed closer to the border, we would be able to tackle any possible aerial strike from enemy side and thwart it close to the border itself," they said.
The sources said the location of the air defence units deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Gujarat and Rajasthan were reviewed by the force and it was felt that a number of them can be moved to forward locations to thwart enemy aerial strikes close to the borders itself.
The air defence assets of the Indian Army include the indigenous Akash air defence missile systems along with the Russian Kvadrat and other old legacy systems.
The force is also set to receive the latest MR-SAM air defence system which has been produced by the DRD-Israel joint venture.
Even though the attack was thwarted by the Air Force air defence fighters including the MiG-21s and the Su-30MKIs, it was felt that presence of air defence units in the area could have caused more damage to the Pakistanis.
Pakistanis come a couple of kilometres inside the Indian territory.The Pakistani air attack on February 27 was in response to the Balakot hits by the Indian Air Force a day earlier.
