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The Indian Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), together with the Indian Air Force, conducted flight tests of the Astra missile. This is an air-to-air missile.
It is known that the latest Indian missile was fired from a Su-30MKI fighter jet at targets at an air test range in the state of Odisha in eastern India. What exactly acted as targets has not yet been reported.
The Indian Ministry of Defense reports that a total of two Astra missiles were launched at targets located at different distances from the launch points.
Indian Ministry of Defense:
The Astra missiles are equipped with Indian-made homing missiles.
It is known that the maximum range of hitting a target with such a missile is 100 km.
DRDO Chairman Samir Kamat:
India is now saying that the commissioning of such missiles by the country's Air Force "will be a serious step in gaining an advantage over the Pakistani Air Force, which does not have air-to-air missiles of this range.":
Recall that Pakistan, like India, is a nuclear power.
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It is planned that such missiles will become the main armament for promising Indian LCA AF MK1A fighters.
