Part of: GS Prelims and GS-III –Trade; Defence and Security
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Recently, Cabinet approved export of Akash Missile System.
Under the Atma Nirbhar Bharat, India is growing in its capabilities of manufacturing wide variety of Defence platforms and missiles.
Key takeaways
Akash is country’s important missile with over 96% indigenisation.
Akash is a Surface to Air Missile with a range of 25 Kms.
The missile was inducted in 2014 in IAF and in 2015 in Indian Army
A Committee is created for faster approval of exports.
This Committee would authorise subsequent exports of major indigenous platforms to various countries.
The Committee would also explore various available options including the Government-to-Government route.
Government of India intends to focus on exporting high value defence platforms, to achieve target of 5 Billion USD of defence export and improve strategic relations with friendly foreign countries.
The export version of Akash will be different from System currently deployed with Indian Armed Forces.
