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Akash missile-Test
December 7 , 2017
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- India successfully test-fired Akash its supersonic surface-to-air missile with indigenous radio frequency seeker from at Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha.
- It has been indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under Integrated Guided-Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
- Akash is an indigenously developed medium-range, surface-to-air missile defence system.
- It can target aircraft up to 30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m.
- It consists of Rohini radar that detects incoming aircraft with a range of 120 km.
- It can intercept fighter jets, cruise missiles as well as ballistic missiles.
- Recently, it was test fired with an indigenous radio frequency seeker.
- This is the first surface-to-air missile with indigenous seeker that has been test fired.
- With this success, India has achieved the capability of making any type of surface-to-air missile
- This missile is being inducted into Army as Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM).
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