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A nine-day campaign, involving the surface-to-air Akash missile, radars, mobile launchers and support systems, concluded on Friday at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, near Balasore, Orissa, with the firing of a missile.
According to Prahlada, Chief Controller, R&D, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), an Akash missile was fired from a mobile launcher on Friday at 2.15 p.m. to destroy an unmanned aircraft.
“This was to demonstrate the comprehensive and complete capability of the Akash system to accurately guide the missile and destroy a target,” he said. A single missile was used to destroy a single target, which was flying more than 20 km away...Read...
According to Prahlada, Chief Controller, R&D, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), an Akash missile was fired from a mobile launcher on Friday at 2.15 p.m. to destroy an unmanned aircraft.
“This was to demonstrate the comprehensive and complete capability of the Akash system to accurately guide the missile and destroy a target,” he said. A single missile was used to destroy a single target, which was flying more than 20 km away...Read...