Barak 8 (Hebrew: בָּרָק‎, lit. "Lightning") also known as LR-SAM or as MR-SAM[8][9][10] is an Indo-Israeli surface-to-air missile (SAM), designed to defend against any type of airborne threat including aircraft, helicopters, anti-ship missiles, and UAVs as well as ballistic missiles,[11] cruise missiles and combat jets.[12] Both maritime and land-based variants of the system exist.[13]