INS Kolkata all set to test fire Barak-8

The Indian Navy is ready to test fire the Barak-8 anti-air missile from its destroyer INS Kolkata.

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By Georges Seguin (Okki) (Own work) [GFDL or CC BY-SA 3.0], via Wikimedia Commons

Dubbed the Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LRSAM) by India, navy personnel have been busy fine-tuning the system on board the warship while waiting for the missile to arrive from Israel.

The firing is scheduled to take place between this month and end of the year.

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