Cabinet Approves Export of indigenously-developed Akash Missile System
- The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has approved the proposal to export indigenously-developed Akash Missile System.
- The Cabinet has also approved to set up of a committee for faster approvals of exports..
- The export version of Akash will be different from System currently deployed with Indian Armed Forces.
- Akash is a short range Surface to Air Missile with a range of 25 Kms to protect vulnerable areas and vulnerable points from air attacks.
- It was inducted in IAF in 2014 and in the Indian Army in 2015.