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US offers advanced missile system to Indian Navy
New Delhi, April 26: The United States has offered India one of its most advanced ship-board missile defence systems, capable of tracking and neutralising up to 100 attacking missiles.
The equipment on offer -- the Aegis ship-board missile system -- has the potential of being integrated with country`s indigenous missiles like the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile and nuclear-capable Agni missiles.
"An American company made a presentation to the Indian Navy in November 2006," Defence Minister A K Antony informed the Lok Sabha today.
"This presentation was made in respect of three ship-board missile systems," he said in a written reply.
Though Antony did not name the systems on offer, top defence sources said the US had made a presentation on the Aegis missile system made by Lockheed Martin.
The Ageis can track over 100 missiles, including sea-skimming versions, with its supercomputers and engage them according to priority, depending on their velocity and height. The system, according to Lockheed Martin, is designed for multi-pronged and simultaneous warfare to engage targets in the air, on sea, on the surface and also sub-surface.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=8585
New Delhi, April 26: The United States has offered India one of its most advanced ship-board missile defence systems, capable of tracking and neutralising up to 100 attacking missiles.
The equipment on offer -- the Aegis ship-board missile system -- has the potential of being integrated with country`s indigenous missiles like the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile and nuclear-capable Agni missiles.
"An American company made a presentation to the Indian Navy in November 2006," Defence Minister A K Antony informed the Lok Sabha today.
"This presentation was made in respect of three ship-board missile systems," he said in a written reply.
Though Antony did not name the systems on offer, top defence sources said the US had made a presentation on the Aegis missile system made by Lockheed Martin.
The Ageis can track over 100 missiles, including sea-skimming versions, with its supercomputers and engage them according to priority, depending on their velocity and height. The system, according to Lockheed Martin, is designed for multi-pronged and simultaneous warfare to engage targets in the air, on sea, on the surface and also sub-surface.
http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/NEWS/newsrf.php?newsid=8585
