Bhubaneswar: India successfully test fired the medium-range surface-to-air missile Akash on Wednesday from a defence base in Odisha, an official said.
The indigenously developed missile, with a 27-km range and an effective ceiling of 15 km, was test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore district, 230 km from Bhubaneswar.
"This flight trial was last among the validation trials being carried out by the army on the first-off production models of Akash supersonic missile," Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta told IANS.
The sophisticated multi-function radar with built-in features tracked the low flying target continuously throughout its course, Gupta said.
Avinash Chander, DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister, congratulated the scientists, production agencies and the army for the successful demonstration of intercepting the target in a low altitude near-boundary mission.
The 700-kg all-weather Akash missile can carry a 60-kg warhead at speeds of up to Mach 2.5. It can operate autonomously and simultaneously engage and neutralise different aerial targets.
The Akash mobile air defence weapon system has been designed, developed and led to production by DRDO for defending and protecting the important assets of the country from penetrating aerial attacks.
The indigenously developed missile, with a 27-km range and an effective ceiling of 15 km, was test fired from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore district, 230 km from Bhubaneswar.
"This flight trial was last among the validation trials being carried out by the army on the first-off production models of Akash supersonic missile," Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) spokesman Ravi Kumar Gupta told IANS.
The sophisticated multi-function radar with built-in features tracked the low flying target continuously throughout its course, Gupta said.
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Avinash Chander, DRDO chief and scientific advisor to defence minister, congratulated the scientists, production agencies and the army for the successful demonstration of intercepting the target in a low altitude near-boundary mission.
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The 700-kg all-weather Akash missile can carry a 60-kg warhead at speeds of up to Mach 2.5. It can operate autonomously and simultaneously engage and neutralise different aerial targets.
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The Akash mobile air defence weapon system has been designed, developed and led to production by DRDO for defending and protecting the important assets of the country from penetrating aerial attacks.
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