India successfully test fires Astra missile third time in a week

[Major.]

India successfully test fires Astra missile third time in a week

Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) India Monday successfully test fired its indigenously developed Astra air-to-air interceptor missile from a defence base in Odisha for the third time within a week, an official said.
The beyond-visual-range missile was tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 230 km from here. The missile intercepted a simulated target.
"There was no actual target. It successfully intercepted a simulated target at an altitude of 4 km," ITR director M.V.K.V. Prasad told IANS.
Astra is envisaged to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds in the head-on mode at a range of 80 km and in tail-chase mode at 20 km.
The scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation which developed the missile had earlier conducted successful tests of the Astra missile from the same base Friday and Saturday.
"The exercise carried out Monday was to test the missile's interception capability and high manoeuvring," he pointed out.


India successfully test fires Astra missile third time in a week

 

[Ashoka The Great]

India successfully test fires Astra missile third time in a week

Bhubaneswar, Dec 24 (IANS) India Monday successfully test fired its indigenously developed Astra air-to-air interceptor missile from a defence base in Odisha for the third time within a week, an official said.
The beyond-visual-range missile was tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, about 230 km from here. The missile intercepted a simulated target.
"There was no actual target. It successfully intercepted a simulated target at an altitude of 4 km," ITR director M.V.K.V. Prasad told IANS.
Astra is envisaged to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft at supersonic speeds in the head-on mode at a range of 80 km and in tail-chase mode at 20 km.
The scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation which developed the missile had earlier conducted successful tests of the Astra missile from the same base Friday and Saturday.
"The exercise carried out Monday was to test the missile's interception capability and high manoeuvring," he pointed out.


India successfully test fires Astra missile third time in a week

Looking at the rate of test trials now (3 tests in last five days), looks like we are going to induct this missile before year end

 

[Silverblaze]

There seems to urgency in the Indian military establishment to do something. The interesting thing would be to know that who are they signaling to?

 

[Major.]

There seems to urgency in the Indian military establishment to do something. The interesting thing would be to know that who are they signaling to?

Nothing its still some 2-4 years from induction, they just started to finalize the design, once design is formulated it will have new series of trials altogether.

 

[Black Widow]

Can some one consolidate All Astra thread in one thread, I can see 10 ASTRA threads..

 

[Malik Usman]

Looking at the rate of test trials now (3 tests in last five days), looks like we are going to induct this missile before year end

That could also shows......first test could not give result and then second test and then third test.........Akhar koi to Nashaney par lagey ga........

 

[selvan33]

congrats DRDO.

 

[kaykay]

That could also shows......first test could not give result and then second test and then third test.........Akhar koi to Nashaney par lagey ga........

and you finally did your trolling part!!! Anyway it's better for us if your airforce believed the same!!

 

[kurup]

That could also shows......first test could not give result and then second test and then third test.........Akhar koi to Nashaney par lagey ga........

Pakistan tested babur multiple times.

Does that mean previous tests didnot yield result ??

 

[Skull and Bones]

It's Diwali everyday in DRDO labs.

 

[Manas]

There seems to urgency in the Indian military establishment to do something. The interesting thing would be to know that who are they signaling to?

Soon we will start ghazwa-i-pakistan !!

 

[Ashoka The Great]

That could also shows......first test could not give result and then second test and then third test.........Akhar koi to Nashaney par lagey ga........

Still better than yours which exploded in between the flight path and was scattered over the villages.

 

[INDIAISM]

I think IAF will be the only Air Force in the world who will have 5 kind of Bvr Missiles...

Russian R77
Israeli Derby
French Mica
European Meteor{Rafale}
Indian Astra

And the funniest part is these five does not include American Aim-120 Amraam..

 

[selvan33]

I think IAF will be the only Air Force in the world who will have 5 kind of Bvr Missiles...

Russian R77
Israeli Derby
French Mica
European Meteor{Rafale}
Indian Astra

And the funniest part is these five does not include American Aim-120 Amraam..

and we dont want that aim 120.....

 

[3Idiots]

Congrats to DRDO.