Pakistan Army Officially Inducted LY-80 MR-SAM System

[Safriz]

It is a medium altitude Air Defence System with a range of 40 km and an operational altitude up to 15 000m..

Each System is composed of 12 launchers, and each battery is composed of 4 launchers, 6 batteries will make 2 systems and 9 batteries will make 3 systems

So in simple words how many launchers Pakistan has?

 

[The SC]

Pardon my ignorance but it is stated can hit target from.... 400m.... What if a target fly below 400m ? Have any kind of very low interception apart sending jets ?

Lowest interception height of the system is 15 m..

So in simple words how many launchers Pakistan has?

24 to 36 launchers..

 

[krash]

Pardon my ignorance but it is stated can hit target from.... 400m.... What if a target fly below 400m ? Have any kind of very low interception apart sending jets ?

Manpads. We make the Anza ourselves. And then you always have your AAAs.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Coming along nice and lovely

Nice and easy
Not many things fly around 30km zone ....

 

[Akasa]

Coming along nice and lovely

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Are you sure the Aspide-2000 has an engagement altitude of 25 km? The system doesn't resemble a high-altitude long-range SAM but rather a point-defense one.

 

[CriticalThought]

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Looks, LY-80, brought to you by Faiza Beauty Cream. Are we moving on from Burnol then??????

@Mentee @Zibago @Hassan Guy @Hell hound

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

It seems like it was a eternal double burn , the SAM and the creme reference

I do like the Turkish missiles Hisar-0 & Hisar-A would love to see this inducted in sufficient number, so we can have a multi layer defence mechanism.

Obviously some turkish members can elaborate how their local Missile production system is coming along , would certainly like to see possibility of having this system manufactured locally under licence

Excellent point defence system Hisar-0 and Hisar-A , it is a evolving system will take few years perhaps to reach full potential but lot of upside

Would be nice Addition (Secondary layer)

Nice overlaping , Air defence is need of hour to ensure proper coverage is provided from ground to Air

When I view the launch video of the Turkish missile I find these missiles very very smooth at launch minimal wastage of effort during launch cycle.

 

[Hakikat ve Hikmet]

Good things come bit by bit, but bad staffs rush down all together. Tebrikler!!!

 

[Cool_Soldier]

world is going for AESA radar and high altitude missile and pakistan is purchase out dated systems
if they want a semi-active radar with medium range(70km) they already have that spada 2000 why purchasing same thing from different country i don't get it

Spada Range is 20-25 KM and that is not vertical launch system
There is much difference in both.Obviously, LY_80 is more advanced as compared to Spada system

How can you say range is around 100km?? LY80 is 40km range SAM while 70km range version is under development.

Yes True, HQ 16 A which most likely to be bought by Pakistan has mentioned rang 40-45 km and radar tracking range is 110-140km while
HQ16B will have improved 70 km range as Jane's article mentioned.

 

[TaimiKhan]

My main concern is that why is Army getting such a long range SAM system ? Why not PAF.

Is there coordination between Army & PAF so that in war by accident PAF aircraft is not shot down by mistake or PAF systems don't shoot down an army asset. Airforce has a very sophisticated radar network and command & control network, in my view such systems should have been the responsibility of PAF. Army should have FM-90 kind of systems for point defence, and PAF should get the medium & long range SAM systems & again i would say that Army & Airforce should have a very well thought out strategy & mechanisms in place so that tomorrow in war they don't shoot down each others assets. IFF systems should be placed in each assets and both forces systems should be able to talk between themselves.

 

[TaimiKhan]

Sir Army Air defense and PAF Air defense falls under one command and control center Pakistan air defense Systems.

Well to be frank, never heard. Rather show me PAF & Army AD guys mixing together at such exercises or events. Had there been a joint command thing we would have seen them working together. If there is something then kindly show it.

 

[fatman17]

It was already with PA, they just acknowledged it today.

true training the crews and translation of the user manuals (which were in Chinese only) took some time. one of the drawbacks of buying Chinese.

 

[NomanAli89]

OK my simple question for seniors what is the wisdom behind keeping things secret from general public? It seems the whole world knows Pakistan acquired it long ago

 

[RIP Pak LAW]

These systems are very good against aerial targets not sure how capable they are against modern missiles of today such as cruise and BM. But nevertheless potent air defense system does give a sense of security. Slowly we should have a complete layer of such advance batteries covering every inch of our country. Hopefully by 2020, we will have HQ-9s as well.

 

[Mumm-Ra]

A very good news for the defense of our country. Long Live Pakistan