Army gets Akash missiles

The Army got some supersonic firepower to take on enemy fighters, helicopters, drones and subsonic cruise missiles with the induction of the indigenous Akash surface-to-air missile system. The Akash missiles will progressively replace the obsolete air defence weapons in the Army. The Army has initially ordered two Akash regiments, with six firing batteries and hundreds of missiles each, for around Rs.14,180 crore.While the first regiment will be fully in place later this year, the second one will follow by end-2016.