Pak inducts Chinese-built air defence system to its arsenal

Pakistan on Sunday inducted a Chinese- made advanced surface-to-air missile defence system to boost its aerial defence and combat emerging threats, army said.

"Pakistan Army inducts low-to-medium altitude air defence system (LOMADS) LY 80," army said in a statement.

Army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa was the chief guest at the induction ceremony held at army auditorium in Rawalpindi.

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. "LY-80 LOMADS increases our response capability to current and emerging air defence threats," General Bajwa said.