DRDO successfully test-fires new-generation Akash surface-to-air missile

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ The DRDO successfully flight-tested the new-generation Akash surface-to-air missile system from an integrated test range off the Odisha coast on Wednesday.

The defence ministry said the missile was test-fired at around 12:45 pm from a land-based platform and that the “flawless performance” of its weapons system was confirmed by the complete flight data.

The new variant of the Akash missile (Akash-NG) can strike targets at a distance of around 60 km and fly at a speed of up to Mach 2.5.

“The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the new generation Akash Missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off the coast of Odisha on July 21,” the ministry said.

“The flight trial was conducted at around 12:45 PM from a land-based platform with all weapon system elements such as Multifunction Radar, command, control and communication system and launcher participating in the deployment configuration,” it added in a statement.