New Delhi: The sea stretched calm and endless when Prime Minister Narendra Modi stepped aboard INS Vikrant. He walked the deck, with the wind cutting across the steel surface. Right beneath his feet sat one of India’s most secretive defense marvels – the Barak-8 missile launcher, hidden inside the ship’s vertical launch system.

Vikrant is not an ordinary warship. It is a floating fortress built in India, armed with technology that can erase a threat before it even appears on the horizon. The Barak-8 missile forms the heart of that shield.

The Missile Beneath Modi’s Feet

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The section where the prime minister stood houses the Barak-8 surface-to-air missile launch cells, a total of 32 in number. Each cell holds a weapon designed to strike any aircraft, d

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