India’s indigenously-built Tejas light combat aircraft on Wednesday successfully test fired homegrown air-to-air missile Astra.<\/p>\n
The test firing of the missile was carried out off the coast of Chandipur in Odisha, according to the defence ministry.<\/p>\n
“The test-firing successfully demonstrated the direct hit of the missile on flying target,” it said.<\/p>\n
“All the subsystems performed accurately meeting all mission parameters and objectives,” the ministry said.<\/p>\n
ASTRA missile is designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).<\/p>\n
It is capable of engaging targets at a range of over 100 km.<\/p>\n
The missile is equipped with advanced guidance and navigation systems that allow it to destroy targets with greater accuracy.<\/p>\n
The missile is already inducted into the Indian Air Force.<\/p>\n
“The successful test-firing is a significant milestone towards the induction of LCA AF MK1A variant,” the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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