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India Details ‘Mission Sudarshan Chakra’ Shield with 2028–29 Phase-1 Plan

Drawing on DRDO’s Project Kusha, the initiative seeks to establish full indigenous missile interception alongside retaliation assets by 2035

S-400 air defence system will be part of Sudarshan Chakra.
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Overview

  • Prime Minister Modi unveiled Mission Sudarshan Chakra on August 15 to build an indigenous, multi-layered air and missile defence shield for strategic and civilian sites by 2035.
  • The architecture combines overlapping early-warning sensors, long-range radars, satellite and UAV inputs, command-and-control centres and land- and sea-based interceptor batteries.
  • Officials tie the plan to DRDO’s Project Kusha and existing BMD programmes, projecting Phase-1 interceptor deployments around 2028–29.
  • Modi signalled that the shield will neutralise incoming attacks and enable precision counterstrike using extended-range conventional missiles.
  • The announcement reinforces a drive for defence self-reliance, including a push for domestic jet-engine development to reduce dependence on foreign suppliers.