The tests with the Medium Range Surface to Air Defense Missile (MRSAM) system, known in Israel as the Barak 8, pave the way for the system to be declared operational by India’s army, IAI says.

The Navy, IAF and Army have all inducted the MR-SAM systems, also called the next-generation Barak-8, under the three joint ... helicopters, cruise missiles and drones at a range of 70-km.