Barak 8
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Barak 8, also known as LR-SAM or MR-SAM, is an Indo-Israeli jointly developed surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and combat jets. Both maritime and land-based variants of the system exist.
Barak 8 launcher module
INS Kochi firing a Barak-8 MRSAM variant
Thrust vectoring
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Thrust vectoring, also known as thrust vector control (TVC), is the ability of an aircraft, rocket or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) to control the attitude or angular velocity of the vehicle.
Graphite exhaust vanes on a V-2 rocket engine's nozzle
The pre-World War 1, British Army airship Delta, fitted with swiveling propellers
Three experimental thrust vectoring aircraft in flight; from left to right, F-18 HARV, X-31, and F-16 MATV
Sea Harrier FA.2 ZA195 front (cold) vector thrust nozzle