UAE seeks to buy Akash short-range missile defense system.
The media reported on the UAE’s desire to strengthen its defense unit by purchasing a missile short-range system from India.
The UAE is seeking to purchase an Indian-made medium-range missile system in an effort to strengthen various defense systems.
According to the Saturday issue of the “Arm Recovery” website of the United Arab Emirates, it has shown its desire to buy the “Akash” short-range missile system. The Philippines and Vietnam are also said to be interested in purchasing the missile system.
Akash is a short-range surface-to-air missile system developed and designed by the Government Defense Research and Development Organization of India. The Akash missile system is capable of destroying air targets such as fighter jets, cruise missiles and surface-to-air missiles, as well as ballistic missiles.
Development of the Akash missile system began in 1983 with its first production in 2002. The first test firing occurred in 1990 with the tenth test announced in September 1998.
The Akash missile launcher can be mounted on a truck or armored chassis. The launch station consists of three missiles ready to fire.
Earlier, news sources reported that the UAE military had been equipped with surface-to-air missiles made by South Korea, and wrote that the Korean company Hanoi had signed a contract with the UAE, according to which an unspecified number of Cheongang-2 surface-to-air missiles It sells to the UAE. The UAE Ministry of Defense recently announced that it intends to be equipped with the latest version of short-range missiles in a $ 3.5 billion contract.
The three-dimensional radar of this system is based on the radar of the “S-400” system made in Russia and rotates at a speed of 40 revolutions per minute and covers up to 80 degrees altitude. The missile can detect targets at a distance of 100 km and track up to 40 targets simultaneously.
