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Air-to-Air Missile Test Likely From Today

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BALASORE: The Indian Air Force (IAF) is scheduled to carry out a series of tests of Russia made air-to-air short range missile from a defence base off the Odisha coast from Thursday. DRDO will provide all logistic supports for the air defence exercise.

Defence sources said the missiles integrated to be fired from fighter aircrafts would target the tow bodies released from Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA), which will be flown from the launching complex-II of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore.

Sources told this paper that the non-DRDO Russian missile will be fired from Sukhoi and MIG-29 fighter aircrafts. The tests would be conducted on Thursday, Saturday and Monday.

After taking off from the Kalaikunda air base near Kharagpur in West Bengal, the aircrafts would target the tow body over Bay of Bengal.

These air-to-air missiles were procured by India from Russia several years back for the use by Air Force to give air protection to Indian cities.

The mission is crucial for the IAF as last year an Air Force troupe had to wind up their air defence exercise at the test facility here as at least three trials of the five attempts made to engage aerial targets by a Russian surface-to-air missile (SAM) failed successively.

The trials were carried out in between April 22 and April 29 last year to engage PTA Lakshya by Russian OSA-AK Missile.

Air-to-Air Missile Test Likely From Today -The New Indian Express
 
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failed successively WELL DONE :yahoo::woot::yahoo::smitten::yay::sarcastic:
failed successively WELL DONE
failed successively WELL DONE
 
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i'm slightly confused. air to air missiles to save indian cities ? russian missile, non drdo..ok..russian sam failed. we bought that sam and it failed in user trial ?

new indian express is always apart from normal defence reporting especially missile tests. especially missile tests. whats up with that ? are these guys reliable ?
 
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Russian Air-to-air Missiles Hit Target

BALASORE: In a first ever exercise, three rounds of air-to-air short range Russian missile were test fired by the Indian Air Force (IAF) as part of their user trial on Tuesday. The missiles were coordinated to destroy tow bodies released from pilotless target aircraft (PTA) flown from a defence base off the Odisha coast.
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The tests which were initially planned on last Thursday could not be conducted due to technical glitches in the PTA. Another attempt on Friday was postponed due to inclement weather.

Sources said the non-DRDO Russian missiles were fired from fighter aircraft targeting the floating objects released from unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) Lakshya flown from the launching complex-II of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea.

Altogether six fighter aircraft, two each in every round were engaged in the exercise. The aircraft were of Sukhoi and MiG 29 classes. While one was used as attacker, the other as chaser. After the attacker aircraft fired the missile, the chaser tracked its movement and precision of firing. The entire exercise was conducted in a real time scenario,” said an official.

While the whole exercise was carried out by the personnel of IAF, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) provided logistic support. The aircraft had taken off from the Kalaikunda air base near Kharagpur in West Bengal and successfully targeted the tow bodies over Bay of Bengal.

The test was aimed at gauging the suitability and efficiency of the weapon system. These missiles were procured by India from Russia several years ago for the use of Air Force to give air protection to Indian cities against air strikes by manned or unmanned air vehicles flying at low and medium altitudes.

Sources said the Russian missiles have the capability to efficiently engage targets at a range of 15 km at minimum altitude in less than 10 seconds. The missiles used for the test were selected randomly from the lot, said the official adding that more rounds of tests have been planned on Wednesday and Thursday.

This mission was crucial for the IAF as last year an Air Force troupe had to wind up their air defence exercise at the test facility here as three trials of the five attempts made to engage aerial targets by a Russian surface-to-air missile (SAM) failed.

Russian Air-to-air Missiles Hit Target -The New Indian Express
 
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