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variety in India’s long-range
precision strike capability.
The LR-LACM introduces a

completely different and highly
sophisticated variable to this
equation. With the standoff
long-range capability, the LR-
LACM will enable our defence

forces to operate safely from
our own or friendly countries’
territory. This prouidest flexibility
to our armed forces for wider
engagement from our borders
and territorial waters. This also
gives a strategic importance to

position ourselves to guard our
wider regions of interests in the
economic zone.
The LR-LACM is India’s
subsonic cruise missile, capable
of flying at low altitudes while
carrying conventional warheads
to attack various types of land

targets to be launched from
both land and sea. The LR-
LACM trades blistering speed
for extreme stealth, low-altitude
endurance, and cost-effective

mass production.
In contemporary conflicts, a

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