SAMAR Air Defence Missile System

About SAMAR Air Defence Missile System:

• Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation (SAMAR) is a short-range air-defence system. 
• It has been developed by a unit under the IAF’s Maintenance Command.
• The system is credited with a maximum range of 10–12 km and is used against low-flying aerial targets.
• It can engage aerial threats with missiles operating at a speed range of 2 to 2.5 Mach.
• The SAMAR-1 system uses the IAF's existing inventory of shelf-life-expired Russian Vympel R-73E infrared‐guided air-to-air missiles (AAMs) for the surface-to-air role.
• The system features a twin-turret launch platform capable of launching two missiles in single and salvo modes, depending on the threat scenario.
• Each missile launcher had an electro-optic system visible.
• It is expected to supplement the IAF’s Akash and SPYDER systems, replacing the ageing improved Pechora and OSA-AK systems.

Key Facts about Akash Missile (SAM) Defence System:

• It is a Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SRSAM) Defence System to protect vulnerable areas and points from air attacks.
• It was indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 
• Features:
  • It can simultaneously engage multiple targets and destroy manoeuvring targets, including unmanned aerial vehicles, fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, and missiles launched from helicopters.
  • It has built-in Electronic Counter-Counter Measures (ECCM) features.
  • The entire weapon system has been configured to be launched from static or mobile platforms such as battle tanks and wheeled trucks, providing flexible deployment.
  • It is road and rail transportable, with quick mobilisation and deployment capabilities.
  • It can engage aerial targets up to a range of approximately 25 km.