Army warms up to Akash missile

India’s long-criticised Akash anti-aircraft missile is now blazing towards success.

Its counterparts in the DRDO’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, the Prithvi and Agni ballistic missiles, were on target from the start; the anti-tank Nag missile will also enter service shortly; the Trishul short-range anti-aircraft missile was abandoned unceremoniously.

Now, after years of rejection from the military, the Akash is being accepted as a world-class missile.

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