Balasore: India on Monday successfully check-fired the original-technology Akash missile from an built-in check fluctuate off the Odisha cruise, an edifying assertion said.
The bottom-to-air missile changed into once launched from Chandipur ITR within the afternoon, it said.
The Akash-NG (original-technology) missile will likely be aged by the Indian Air Power to intercept high-manoeuvring low radar tiring-part aerial threats, it said.
“The missile intercepted the target with textbook precision. The commence met the total check objectives by performing high manoeuvres all over the trajectory.
“The performance of the expose and wait on an eye on machine, on-board avionics and aerodynamic configuration of the missile changed into once successfully validated all over the trial,” the assertion said.
All over the check commence, the total flight course of the missile changed into once monitored and the flight records changed into once captured by assorted fluctuate instruments. The multi-purpose radar changed into once tested for its technique of integration with the machine, sources said.
The Akash-NG machine has been developed with better deployability in comparison with diversified an analogous techniques.
The check commence changed into once conducted by a combined team of DRDO, BDL and BEL within the presence of the Air Power representatives, the assertion said.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the team for the success.
