Enhancing the Indian Air Force arsenal, India on Thursday inducted the medium-range Surface-to-Air Missile Air Defence System into Jaisalmer-based Air Force station in Rajasthan.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and IAF Chief ACM RKS Bhadauria, who is on a one-day tour to Rajasthan, witnessed the commissioning ceremony.
Earlier, Rajnath Singh along with Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari inaugurated a 3.5-km airstrip on the Barmer National Highway in the state.
At the MR-SAM induction ceremony, Rajnath Singh said that with the induction of the MR-SAM system into the Indian Air Force., the country was taking another step towards self-reliance in indigenous defence technologies.
Talking about the new world order, the minister said, “Global scenario is changing rapidly and unexpectedly leading to changes in equations between different countries. Be it the South China Sea, Indian Ocean Region, Indo-Pacific or Central Asia, a situation of uncertainty can be seen. The crisis in Afghanistan is an example of this.”
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