Rawalpindi, Mar 12, 2017: Pakistan Army inducts Low to Medium Altitude Air Defence System (LOMADS) LY 80 in its Air Defence System. General Qamar Javed Bajwa, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), was the chief guest at the Induction Ceremony, held at Army Auditorium.
LY-80 is a Chinese mobile Air Defence system, capable of tracking and destroying variety of aerial targets at longer ranges flying at low and medium altitude. COAS said that LY-80 LOMADS increases our response capability to current and emerging air defence threats.
Earlier, on arrival, COAS was received by Lieutenant General Muhammad Zahid Latif Mirza, Commander Army Air Defence Command.