A huge achievement for the Israeli arms industry: India to equip thousands of tanks with “Windbreaker” systems, including those made in Russia
Thousands of Indian main battle tanks are expected to be equipped with Israel’s Trophy (“Windbreaker”) active defense system, including Arjun tanks manufactured in India and the Russian T-90S tanks it manufactures under license.
At the Aero India 2025 exhibition, Israeli defense manufacturing company Rafael and Indian company Larsen & Toubro signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly promote the Trophy active defense system to meet the needs of the Indian Ministry of Defense.
India is a potential market for this Israeli system, as the Indian army has thousands of main battle tanks. India currently operates around 2,400 Soviet-era T-72 tanks, 1,600 T-90S and T-90S Pishma tanks (licensed from Russia), and 124 indigenously built Arjun tanks.