Mission Sudarshan Chakra: India’s Multi-Layered Air & Missile Defence Shield with Integrated Offensive Capability
PM Modi on Friday, on the eve of Independence Day announced the launch of Mission ‘Sudarshan Chakra’. It will be an advanced multi-tiered air defence system. It will protect the country's all-important military and civilian assets. This system will provide protection at a nationwide scale, and it will build up the country's deterrent and offensive capabilities. During delivering of his address from the Ramparts of Red forts on 15 August, PM Modi presented analogy between India's initiative and Lord Krishna's Sudarshan chakra recalling how it was deployed during the Mahabharat to block the Sun’s rays and create darkness in the morning, enabling…