S-400 TRIUMF

India has S-400 TRIUMF, which also caters to the three threats (rockets, missiles and cruise missiles). But they have much longer range.
It has a much larger air defence bubble to knock off threats.
It is a mobile, surface-to-air missile system (SAM) designed by Russia.
The system can engage all types of aerial targets within the range of 400km, at an altitude of up to 30km.
The system can track 100 airborne targets and engage six of them simultaneously.

Prithvi Air Defence and Advance Air Defence:

It is a double-tiered system consisting of two land and sea-based interceptor missiles, namely the Prithvi Air Defence (PAD) missile for high altitude interception, and the Advanced Air Defence (AAD) Missile for lower altitude interception.
It is able to intercept any incoming missile launched 5,000 kilometres away. The system also includes an overlapping network of early warning and tracking radars, as well as command and control posts.

Ashwin Advanced Air Defence Interceptor Missile:

It is also an indigenously produced Advanced Air Defence (AAD) interceptor missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
It is the advanced version of the low altitude supersonic ballistic interceptor missile.
The missile also has its own mobile launcher, secure data link for interception, independent tracking and homing capabilities and sophisticated radars.
It uses an endo-spheric (within the Earth’s atmosphere) interceptor that knocks out ballistic missiles at a maximum altitude of 60,000 to 100,000 feet, and across a range between 90 and 125 miles.

SOURCE: THE HINDU , THE ECONOMIC TIMES ,MINT

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