Astra Missile Testfired from Fighter Jet

The country’s first indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missile Astra was test-fired successfully from fighter aircraft Su-30MKI by the Air Force from a naval range off Goa on Friday.

Defence sources said the launch conducted at an altitude of six km was a control and guidance flight, which successfully demonstrated interception of an electronically simulated target at long range.

On June 9, a similar trial was conducted from the same defence base. Both the tests conducted to demonstrate the aerodynamic characteristics of the missile, have demonstrated the repeatability, robustness and endurance capability of Astra as a weapon system.

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