National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II
July 31 , 2018 2226 days 951 0
India is in talks with the United States to procure National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System-II (NASAMS-II).
It is an advanced air defense system to defend National Capital Region (NCR) from aerial attacks.
NASAMS-II is an upgraded version of the NASAMS developed by Raytheon in partnership with KONGSBERG Defence and Aerospace of Norway.
It has been operational since 2007.
NASAMS-II is part of the air defense network guarding US capital city Washington DC.
With this, India will join the league of nations including the US, Russia, and Israel etc. who have their own missile defense systems to protect their national capital regions.