India Successfully Tests Surface To Air Missile

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Bhubaneshwar, India (AFP) Dec 03, 2005
India on Saturday successfully tested a domestically developed surface-to-air missile at a coastal range in the eastern state of Orissa, a defence official said.

The Akash missile was fired from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site, 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar, the official said on condition of anonymity.

The 700-kilogramme (1,540 pound) Akash, which can track 100 targets simultaneously with onboard radar, can move at a speed of 600 metres (yards) a second and deliver a 55-kilogram warhead across 27 kilometres in 50 seconds.

It was the fourth test of the Akash missile this year.

The missile is one of five being developed by India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organization, which launched a project in 1983 to build an array of missiles.

It hopes to cap the programme with a ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 kilometres.

Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, who came close to war in 2002 but whose relations have warmed since, frequently test fire missiles.

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