Brazil stops talks with India over Akash air defence system, Turkey's Erdogan is happy due to...
India's Akash missile system: In a matter of rising rivalry between the Republic of India and Turkey, a Turkish conservative website has taken a dig at India's Akash air defence system after Brazil, a BRICS country decided to stop negotiations with India over the same defence equipment. Notably, India's talks with Brazil reportedly fell through after Brazil was offered only an older version of the missile system. Here are all the details you need to know about how the Turkish conservative website has taken a dig at India's Akash air defence system. What is Turkey saying about Akash air defence system?
As per a report carried by The Week, a report that appeared in TRHaber erroneously stated that the 'Akash air defence system sold to Armenia on the promise that it could shoot down Turkish UAVs flopped in Brazil.'
The Turkish report also claimed that Brazilian Armed Forces abandoned the purchase of the Akash air defence system, which proved to be extremely outdated after having examined the system,
'If the Brazilian government chooses Turkish systems, cooperation on the Embraer-built KC-390 military cargo aircraft could deepen,' the Turkish media report said, referring to Turkey's MoU with Brazilian aerospace giant. Why is India's Akash missile system so dangerous?
The Akash missile system covers a range of 4.5 km to 25 km and can engage aerial threats flying between 100 meters and 20 kilometres in altitude. It uses a command guidance system and can target helicopters, fighter aircraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles. It is fully automatic, features built-in electronic counter-countermeasures, and is mobile across different terrains.
For a better understanding, readers should know that the Akash-NG, the much-talked about newer version of the Akash missile is command-guided and has a speed of Mach 2.5, but the earlier version lacks specifications like active homing and network targeting.
As reports Indicated, India didn't offer Brazil the Akash-NG, the missile with a faster reaction time, greater accuracy, and improved resistance to saturation attacks compared to earlier versions.
(With inputs from agencies)
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