يخطط سلاح الجو الهندي لتسليح أسطوله من مقاتلي سوخوي باستخدام صاروخ جو جو بعيد المدى I-Derby ER
عند خروج Vympel R-77 الروسي الصنع من الخدمة بعد ثلاث سنوات او سنتين.
وأبلغت مصادر رسمية جين أن القوات الجوية الهندية تجري محادثات مع رافائيل للحصول على الصاروخ I-Derby ER الموجه بالرادار النشطً، ويبلغ مداه 100 كيلومتر ، مضيفة أنه يمكن الانتهاء من عملية شراء الصواريخ في وقت قصير.
The latest developments come after the fire-and-forget I-Derby ER missile, which features a software-defined radar seeker and a dual-pulse solid rocket motor, was selected to be the primary AAM to arm the IAF's indigenously designed Tejas Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) following successful test-firings in July 2018.
An earlier version of the Derby, which can be configured as a surface-to-air missile, is also part of the IAF's 18 Spyder-SR air-defence systems acquired from Rafael in 2008-09 for an estimated USD1 billion.
Delivery of the Spyder-SR systems, which included 750 Derby missiles, began in 2012 and was completed three years later.
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