India continued its stacking up of ammunition reserve by recently purchasing arms that included planes and missiles from Russia. The step comes in the light of its border clashes with China.
Crux of the Matter
India And Arms From Russia On 2 July, 2020, the Indian government approved the purchase of 33 fighter aircraft from Russia. The purchase consists of 21 Russian MiG-29 and 12 Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter aircraft, which would cost India $2.43 billion. The decision came in the light of the recent visit of India’s Defence Minister Rajnath Singh to Russia for its Victory Day Celebrations. In the meeting, Russia promised to speed up the delivery of S-400 anti-missile system to India, which came in the context of recent border clashes with China. On 3 July, Prime Minister Modi visited the Ladakh border to assess the development of the situation.
PM @narendramodi reaches Leh to review security situation, interact with soldiers amid stand-off with China (reports @mirehsankhaliq)https://t.co/tiIAF5FCGe pic.twitter.com/qQsmqh7nvy — Hindustan Times (@htTweets) July 3, 2020
Indian Airforce Arsenal
SU-30 MKI: Fighter jet which can carry air-to-air, air-to-surface, and anti-ship missiles with the maximum range of 3,000 km
MIG-27: A variable-geometry ground-attack aircraft with a combat range of 780 km
MIG-29: Supersonic air-to-surface fighter jet having a max speed of Mach 2.25 and max range of 1430 km
MIG-21 BISON: A supersonic jet with a max range of 793 km
MIRAGE-2000: A 4th generation light weight fighter jet with the maximum range of 1550 km
RAFALE: A Multi Role Combat Aircraft with the maximum range of 1850 km
LC Tejas: A 4th generation multirole fighter jet. It is a light combat fighter jet able to fly at supersonic speed of Mach 1.8
Major Indian Missiles
BrahMos: World’s fastest supersonic cruise missile with top speed of Mach 2.8
Exocet: An anti-ship missile which can be launched from surface vessels, submarines, and helicopters
ASAT: Anti-satellite missile capable of striking targets moving at 1.200 km altitude
ASTRA: First Indian air-to-air missile with a range of 110km
Prithvi I: Surface to surface ballistic missile with a range of 150km for Army
Prithvi II: Ballistic missile with a range of 250 km inducted in the Airforce
Prithvi III: Navy two stage surface to surface missile with max range of 750km
Agni I: Ballistic missile with 700-1,200 km range
Agni II: 2nd missile of the series with range 2,000-3,500 km range
Agni III: 3rd missile of the series with range 3,000-5,000 km range
Agni IV: 4th missile of the series with range 3,500-4,000 km
Agni V: Final part as of now with range of 5,000-8,000 km
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