📅 May 6, 2025, Post 18: Igla-S Missiles Deployed: India Boosts Air Defence Post-Terror Alert | Target IAS-26 MCQs Attached: A complete Package, Dear Aspirants!
Igla-S Missiles Deployed: India Boosts Air Defence Post-Terror Alert
🔹 NEWS DROP — PETAL 018
📅 May 6, 2025
🎯 GS Paper 3 | Defence – Security Challenges & Technology Upgrades
🌀 Intro Whisper
In skies now swarmed with shadows and wings without pilots, India raises its shoulder — with a missile that sees heat, and speaks deterrence.
🔍 Key Highlights
- India inducts Igla-S Very Short Range Air Defence Systems (VSHORADS) under a ₹260 crore emergency procurement from Russia.
- The Igla-S is a man-portable, shoulder-fired infrared-homing missile designed to engage low-flying aircraft, drones, and helicopters.
- Capabilities:
- Target range: up to 6 km
- Altitude: up to 3.5 km
- Resistant to modern countermeasures
- Forward deployment planned for Western Sector amid increasing drone intrusions from Pakistan.
- Part of broader air defence upgrades, including:
- Integrated Drone Detection and Interdiction System (IDD&IS)
- Directed Energy Weapons under development by DRDO
- Procurement of low-level transportable radar systems
- Signifies India’s focus on rapid response, counter-drone tech, and defence self-reliance.
🧭 GS Paper Mapping
Current Affairs: India–Pakistan Border Tensions, Anti-Drone Defence
GS3: Security – Defence Procurement, Counterterror Strategy
GS3: Science & Tech – Missile Technology, Directed Energy Weapons
Target IAS-26: Daily MCQs :
📌 Prelims Practice MCQs
Topic:
🧠 Prelims MCQ (Type 4 – Direct Question)
Q1. Which of the following statements best describes the Igla-S system recently procured by India?
A) A ballistic missile system capable of intercontinental strikes
B) A man-portable, infrared-guided missile for targeting low-flying aerial threats
C) A space-based laser platform designed to intercept satellites
D) An underwater torpedo system with deep-sea targeting
🌀 Didn’t get it? Click here (▸) for the Correct Answer & Explanation
✅ Correct Answer: B) A man-portable, infrared-guided missile for targeting low-flying aerial threats
🧠 Explanation:
• The Igla-S is a shoulder-fired surface-to-air missile system that uses infrared homing to target low-altitude aircraft and drones.
• It is not a ballistic, naval, or space weapon.
