[India Defence] India and Israel have agreed to cooperate in development of an even longer-range version of their extended-range Barak ship defense system. The new land-based air defense system will feature a range of 150 km., more than double that of the supersonic Barak-8, now being developed for the Indian Navy. Yossi Weiss, general manager of IAI's Systems, Missiles and Space Group, said in mid-May the Barak-8 air defense system under development would be "more capable and more sophisticated" than the U.S.-developed Patriot PAC-3.
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