India will send the second batch of its Akash surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems to Armenia in July, IADN reports.

At the end of November last year, the media had reported that India was sending the first battery of Akash SAM systems to Armenia.

As the New Indian Express reports, in 2022 Armenia signed an agreement with India to purchase 15 Akash missile systems worth about 60 billion rupees ($710 million), becoming the first foreign country to purchase this missile system.

The Akash system, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, is a surface-to-air missile that can engage fighter jets, cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles and several other aerial targets at ranges of up to 25 kilometers.

Each battery of the Akash weapon system, manufactured by Bharat Electronics Limited, is equipped with a passive 3D radar with electronic scanning and four launchers, each carrying three missiles, all of which are interconnected.