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Friday, June 06, 2014

Akash Test Held up, PTA under Scanner

Banshee target dronesDefence experts have raised doubt over the efficiency of UK-made unmanned aircraft Banshee which was to be used as a target against surface-to-air medium range missile Akash, but failed to perform twice in the last couple of days.

While on Tuesday the aerial target fell down in the sea nearly three minutes after taking off from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the Odisha coast, on Wednesday the pilot-less target aircraft (PTA) failed to take off due to technical glitches in its lifting support system.

The mission team of Akash had to postpone the missile test till June 20. Defence sources said there was technical snag in the motor of the aircraft.

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