India has shipped the first Akash weapon system battery to Armenia, reports The New Indian Express.
Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization and manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited, Akash is a surface-to-air missile which can hit targets like fighter jets, missiles (cruise, air-to-surface), drones, and other aerial assets to a range of 25km.
Each battery of Akash weapon system is accompanied by a single Rajendra 3D passive electronically scanned array radar and four launchers with three missiles each, all of which are interlinked.
