IAI and BEL team up for future LR-SAM ship-defence systems

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Navy calls Barak 8 as LRSAM.
Airforce calls it MRSAM

Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) has undertaken joint development of missiles, B]Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile [(LRSAM) for Indian navy[/B] and Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) for Indian Air Force with M/s Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI), Israel. The cost of project for LRSAM is Rs. 2606.02 crore and cost of project for MRSAM is Rs. 10075 crore. Both the missiles being developed are comparable in performance and cost to missiles available in their class in the world market.

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The basic missiles are the same, while the long range version will have an additional booster to extend the range, the confusion however is about who really gets the version with the booster?