Pakistan inducts Chinese LY-80 SAM system

摘要

The Pakistan Army has inducted the Chinese-built LY-80 self-propelled surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, according to a 12 March statement issued by Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the media wing of the Pakistan Armed Forces. General Qamar Javed Bajwa, the Pakistan Army's chief of staff, was quoted by ISPR as saying at the induction ceremony that the low- to medium-altitude air defence system is set to increase Pakistan's "response capability to current and emerging air defence threats".