New Delhi: India is advancing towards the deployment of its first fully indigenous Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) to shield the Delhi National Capital Region from hostile aerial threats, including missiles, drones and high-speed aircraft, in what marks a major stride in self-reliant security architecture.

Senior defence officials told ANI that the new multilayered IADWS will draw on a range of homegrown missile assets such as the Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) and Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) systems, supported by advanced radars, sensors and command-and-control networks.

The Defence Ministry has accelerated the project’s processing phase, particularly in the backdrop of Pakistan’s alleged attempt to target India during Operation Sindoor in May thi

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