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The Israeli Barak 8 SAM (surface-to-air missile) system has been reorganized and expanded. There are now three Barak missiles, all variants of the Barak 8 that entered service in 2013 and was seen as a missile that could be easily reconfigured.
The first customer for this was India, which wanted Barak 8 customized to operate from ships as well as land based launchers. This collaboration was beset by many problems with Indian developers and manufacturers. Meanwhile the Israeli manufacturer went ahead on their own and developed three versions of the Barak 8 missile.
The Barak 8 was renamed Barak LRAD. A Barak 8 with a smaller rocket motor (and a range of 35 kilometers) was called Barak MRAD. Adding a booster rocket to the Barak 8 resulted in the Barak ER (with a range of 150 kilometers). All three versions retained the terminal radar guidance in the warhead.
