India on Monday successfully test-fired its indigenously developed surface-to-air ‘Akash’ missile from a test range in Odisha as part of user trial by the Air Force.
‘The sophisticated Akash missile was test-fired from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur at about 3.18 pm,’ defence sources said.
Describing the trial of the missile ‘fully successful’, ITR director M V K V Prasad told PTI that it hit a para barrel target. ‘Some more similar trials of the missile will be conducted in this week,’ he said.
‘The sophisticated Akash missile was test-fired from launch complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur at about 3.18 pm,’ defence sources said.
Describing the trial of the missile ‘fully successful’, ITR director M V K V Prasad told PTI that it hit a para barrel target. ‘Some more similar trials of the missile will be conducted in this week,’ he said.