Rawalpindi, Pakistan: Pakistan Army inducts Low to Medium Altitude Air Defence System (LOMADS) LY 80 in its Air Defence System, says Inter Service Public Relations (ISPR) of Pakistan Armed Forces.
According to ISPR, General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), was the chief guest at the Induction Ceremony, held at Army Auditorium.
LY-80 is a Chinese mobile Air Defence system, capable of tracking and destroying variety of aerial targets at longer ranges flying at low and medium altitude. COAS said that LY-80 LOMADS increases response capability to current and emerging air defence threats.
Earlier, on arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza, Commander Army Air Defence Command.
ISPR did not give details of the system.
According to data available in different defence journals, LY-80 launcher missile system is carried by an 8×8 truck that contains a command and control station behind the cab with six firing missile containers. These containers are tilted back so that the missiles can be fired straight up like Vertical launch System cells.
Normal LY-80 can intercept an aerial flying target from an 15 m to 18 km of altitude while its maximum interception range for combat aircraft is 40km and between 3.5 km and 12 km for cruise missiles flying at an altitude of 50 meters at a speed of 300 meters/second.
