 | It has been suggested that this article be merged into Project Kusha. (Discuss) Proposed since March 2024. |
| Extended Range Air Defence System (ERADS) | |
|---|---|
| Type | Long range Surface to Air Missile |
| Place of origin | India |
| Service history | |
| In service | planned [1] |
| Used by | Indian Air Force (on order) |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Defence Research and Development Organisation |
| Specifications | |
| Warhead | Fragmentation |
Detonation mechanism | Optical proximity fuze |
Operational range | 150-350 km[2][3] |
Extended Range Air Defence System (ERADS), is an Indian long-range mobile surface to air missile defence system being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) under Project Kusha. The missile system will be deployed by Indian Air Force.[4][5]
It will supplement the Indo-Israeli Barak 8, Russian S-400 and Indian Ballistic Missile Defence System in the Indian armed forces.
- ^ "ERADS, Desi S-400 : IAF Not To Opt For Additional S-400, Instead Will Go For DRDO's Extended Range Air Defence System". India's growing Military power. 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Big Breaking : DRDO Initiates Fabrication Of ERSAM Missile Of ERADS, Often Called Desi S-400 In The Making". India's growing Military power. 8 May 2023.
- ^ Reddy, U Sudhakar (28 December 2019). "DRDO reveals 350km XRSAM missile details". The Times of India. TNN. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
:0was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "ERADS, Desi S-400 : IAF Not To Opt For Additional S-400, Instead Will Go For DRDO's Extended Range Air Defence System". India's growing Military power. 2 December 2022.