The
Surface to Air Missile AKASH with indigenous radio frequency seeker against
target Banshee, has been successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at
ITR Chandipur today at 1338 hrs. The Radars, telemetry and electro-optical
systems along the coast have tracked and monitored all the health parameters of
the missile. The launch operations were witnessed by
Director General (Missiles), DRDO and Scientific Adviser to Raksha Mantri (SA
to RM) Dr. G Satheesh Reddy; Director DRDL, Shri MSR Prasad; Program Director,
Shri G Chandra Mouli; Director ITR, Dr. BK Das and other top DRDO scientists.
SA to RM congratulated all the DRDO scientists and Armed Forces for this
success.
This
missile is being inducted into Army as Short Range Surface to Air Missile
(SRSAM). This is the first Surface to Air Missile with indigenous seeker that
has been test fired. With this success, India has achieved the capability of
making any type of Surface to Air Missile.
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