New Air defence system inducted

Islamabad: The Pakistan Army has inducted Low to Medium Altitude Air Defence System (LOMADS) LY-80 into its air defence system, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced on Sunday.

General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), was the chief guest at the ceremony, held at the Army Auditorium in Rawalpindi.

LY-80 is a Chinese mobile Air Defence system, capable of tracking and destroying a variety of aerial targets at longer ranges, flying at low and medium altitudes, the ISPR said. It cannot only track but also destroy a variety of aerial targets at longer ranges flying at low and medium altitudes.

It quoted the COAS as saying that LY-80 “increases our response capability to current and emerging air defence threats.”