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Wednesday, November 21, 2007

Field trials of Akash missiles at Pokhran impress IAF, says DRDO

Over a weeklong field trials of indigenously developed Surface-to-Air Missile Akash in the deserts of Rajasthan have impressed the top officials of Indian Air Force (IAF), according to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The medium range missile with a range of between 27 to 30 kms has yet to inducted by the IAF, and there were media reports earlier claiming that the IAF’s top brass were not satisfied with the missile system, as they found instances when parts of missiles fell from the main body.

Efforts were made to improve the missiles, and field trials were held.
The recent field trials conducted in Pokhran in the second week of November have put to rest such kinds of speculations.

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