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| Akash SAM based on a T-72 chassis |
BALASORE, ODISHA (PTI): India on Friday test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range launch complex at Chandipur in Odisha.
The missile targeted a floating object supported by Pilot Less Target Aircraft (PTA) 'Lakshya', defence officials said.
"Akash was test fired from launch complex-3 at 11.22 AM," a defence official said, adding that some more trials would be conducted within the next couple of days.
"During the trial, the missile was aimed at intercepting a floating object supported by a pilot-less target aircraft, flown from launch complex-II, at a definite altitude over the sea," a source said.
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