IAF planning to take S-400 lethality to next level with on-the-move fire and forget strategy: Report

The Indian defence forces are silently incorporating the learnings from Operation Sindoor in their war doctrine. Right from the drone warfare to tactical air defence postures, the defence forces are leaving nothing to chance. In a major doctrinal shift aimed at maximising battlefield survivability, the Indian Air Force (IAF) is developing and perfecting advanced ‘shoot-while-moving’ tactical manoeuvres for its S-400 Triumf air defence missile launchers. Moving away from traditional stationary deployments, the new operational protocol involves activating and firing interceptor missiles while the massive transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicles are moving at low rolling speeds of 5 to 7 kmph, before instantly accelerating away from the launch site.

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