News Story: Developmental trial of Astra missile conducted

Astra Air-2-Air Missile (Wiki Info)

BALASORE, ODISHA (PTI): India on Friday conducted developmental trial of its indigenously developed beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air missile 'Astra' from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, 15 km from Balasore.

The sophisticated missile was test-fired from a launcher in launch pad-2 of the ITR at about 01.25 pm targeting a flying object being supported by a pilotless target aircraft 'Lakshya', defence sources said.

The single stage, solid fuelled Astra missile is more advanced in its category than the contemporary BVR missiles and is capable of engaging and destroying highly manoeuvrable supersonic aerial targets.

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