69th Republic Day Parade: India showcases its military might at Rajpath
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Swathi Weapon Locating Radar:It is an artillery locating radar built by DRDO's Bangalore lab in collaboration with Bharat Electronics Limited. The radar project was sanctioned in 2002 and by 2003, the procurement for 28 radars were placed. It was designed to track incoming artillery rounds, mortar and rockets and locate their launchers. The detection range is up to 30 km, and increases to 40 km for unguided rockets. (Photo | Twitter/ANI)Akash weapon system: This is a surface-to-air missile defense system developed by the DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) and Bharat Electronics (BEL) . There are 3000 missiles built, which can target aircraft up to 30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m. IN PIC: The Akash weapon system of 27 Air Defence Regiment at the Rajpath parade. (Photo | PTI)BrahMos missile system: BrahMos is the fastest supersonic cruise missile which can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land. It was developed by Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia and DRDO. The name BrahMos comes from joining the names of two rivers, the Brahmaputra of India and the Moskva of Russia. It has been in service since 2006. IN PIC: Brahmos Missile System of 881 Missile Regiment at the parade on Friday. (Photo | Twitter/ANI)T 90 tank (Bhishma): T 90 is a Russian battle tank which was produced in 1993, and has its origins from the Soviet-era. India showed interest in purchasing the weapon after Pakistan acqired 320 Ukrainian T-84 tanks, and in 2001, India purchased 310 tanks. Bhishma (as it is called recently) is the modified version of the Russian original. IN PIC: File photo of T 90 tank. (Photo | PTI)Tejas Multiple Fighter Aircrafts (HAL Tejas): Tejas is a single-seat, single-jet engine, multirole fighter aircraft. It was created by Aeronautical Development Agency and Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). The first flight was made on January 4th, 2001 and the flights were intoduced in January 17th, 2015. It is Primarily used by Indian Air Force. The aircraft was designed to be small and lightweight. IN PIC: File photo of Tejas fighter aircraft. (Photo | PTI)
