Military test fires newly-inducted air defence weapon system
Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Thursday said induction of long-range air defence weapon system LY80 has greatly enhanced the capability of the military’s air defence arm, Radio Pakistan reported.
Gen Bajwa said this while witnessing the firepower capability display along with Air Chief Marshal Mujahid Anwar Khan at the air defence firing range near Karachi.
“The LY80 weapon system will strengthen the national defence,” Gen Bajwa was quoted as saying.
While interacting with the officers and troops, the army chief congratulated the army air defence for the successful conduct of firepower capability display.
Firing by the air defence weapon systems was the culminating event of the two-week-long exercise Al-Bayza 2019, read a statement issued by the military’s media wing.
Hallmark of the event was the first-ever fire by the recently inducted long-range air defence weapon system LY80.