The Indian Navy on Wednesday successfully test fired the Barak-8 , a long range surface to air missile (LRSAM) . These missiles have been developed jointly by India and Israel . Two such tests had been successfully conducted on Israel ships . This was the first one to be conducted on an Indian vessel .The Ministry if Defence tweeted " Quantum jump in air defence capability of Indian Navy . LRSAMS being fitted in capital warships progressively . "
The Barak-8 , is designed to defend against a variety of short to long range airborne threats including fixed wing aircrafts , helicopters , drones and projectiles .
The Barak-8 also incorporates state-of-the-art phased array multi-mission radar , two-way data lin , and a flexible command and radio system that allows it to simultaneously engage multiple targets day and night and in all weather conditions .
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