ISLAMABAD – Pakistan has deployed Chinese made ground-to-air (SAM) missilesfor air defence of military bases. As per latest intelligence reports,Pakistan has decided to deploy Chinese made LY-80 ,a medium range surfaceto air missile.
LY-80 missiles from China, also called HQ-16, were included in the Pak Armyin 2017.The Chinese made mobile air defence system LY-80 missiles can beeasily moved from one place to another according to need and can hit anymoving target upto 40 kilometres.
Pakistan is strengthening the security of its military establishments.According to an officer in central security establishment, deployment ofLY-80 missiles is part of that increased vigil.
According to the report, the Pakistani army has 5 systems of IBIS-150radars and LY-80 missiles. LY-80 is a Chinese mobile air defence system,which is capable of tracking and destroyinga variety of aerial targets atlonger ranges flying at low and medium altitude.
The HQ-16 is produced by China Precision Machinery Import and ExportCorporation (CPMIEC).
The LY-80 missiles system, which comprises of IBIS-150 radar, is a 3Dtarget search radar .They can track any target that comes from 150kilometers away. It also has six-cell vertical missile-launchers.
Each L-band tracking radar has a range of 85 km, and can detect up to sixtargets, of which it can track four. An HQ-16 battery comprises of atracking radar and four missile launchers.