- Overview: India has just taken a massive step toward securing its skies. The Defense Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test-fired the Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) under the highly classified Project Kusha.
- Key Points:
- The Indian Iron Dome: Project Kusha is designed to be India’s ultimate air defense shield. It can detect and destroy enemy aircraft, drones, and cruise missiles.
- Massive Range: The missile successfully intercepted a high-speed target over 350 kilometers away.
- Aatmanirbhar Defense: This homegrown system reduces our dependence on foreign systems like the Russian S-400 or the American Patriot batteries.
- Multi-Layered Shield: It integrates seamlessly with existing short-range systems (like Akash) to create an impenetrable, multi-layered defense grid.
- Q1. ‘Project Kusha’, recently seen in the news, is an ambitious defense project related to the development of:
- Nuclear-powered attack submarines
- An indigenous Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR-SAM) system
- Next-generation stealth fighter jets
- Unmanned underwater combat drones
