Air India One to get two missile defence systems from the US

The US President has approved the sale of two missile defence systems for Air India One.

• The two missile defence systems- Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCAM) and Self-Protection Suites (SPS) will enhance the security of planes flying the Prime Minister and the President of India.

Features of the two new defense systems:

• LAIRCAM protects large aircrafts from man-portable missiles.
• LAIRCAM system increases crew-warning time, decreases false alarm rates and automatically counters advanced intermediate range missile systems.
• The missile warning subsystem will use multiple sensors to provide full spatial coverage and the counter-measures subsystem will use lasers mounted in pointer-tracker turret assemblies.
• The countermeasure systems will also automatically counter advance intermediate range missile systems with no action required by the crew.
• SPS will also facilitate a more robust capability into areas of increased missile threats.

Installation of these systems:

• These defence systems would be installed on two Boeing 777 Head-of-State aircrafts which carries the President and the Prime Minister.

Question:

Q. Who has approved the sale of two missile defence sytems for Air India One?
a. US President
b. German Chancellor
c. French President
d. Japanese Prime Minister