Tag: Akash Missile

The modified ground system of the existing Akash weapon system was for the flight test. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Army, Indian Air Force and other stakeholders on the successful trial of the Akash prime missile.

The missile, equipped with a radio frequency seeker, successfully intercepted a high speed unmanned aerial target, a DRDO spokesperson said.

Balasore: India test fired a surface-to-air missile ‘Spyder’ today from a test range in Odisha as part of a series of tests of the short-range quick reaction missile. The trial was carried out for validating various parameters of the sophisticated weapon system to further strengthen its air defence system, official sources here said. ‘Spyder’, an […]

Balasore: India today test fired its indigenously-developed surface-to-air Akash missile as part of a user trial from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur. “Three rounds of test were carried out by IAF personnel aiming at para-barrel targets,” said an official. The missiles, with a strike range of 25 km and capability to carry warhead […]

New Delhi: Surface-to-air missile Akash was successfully test fired on Tuesday with an indigenous radio frequency seeker, an official said. The missile was successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha around 1.40 p.m. “The radars, telemetry and electro-optical systems along the coast have tracked and monitored all the […]

New Delhi: India on Monday successfully test fired an Akash-MK-1S missile from the integrated test range at Chandipur in Odisha, the defence ministry said Monday. The surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile with a strike range of 25 km and capability to carry warhead of 60 kg was test fired on May 25 and May 27, they said. […]

Balasore: India on Monday successfully test-fired the new-generation Akash missile from an integrated test range off the Odisha coast. The surface-to-air missile was launched from Chandipur ITR in the afternoon, an official statement said. The Akash-NG (new-generation) missile will be used by the Indian Air Force to intercept high-manoeuvring low radar cross-section aerial threats, it […]