AKASH
MISSILE - DEFENCE & SECURITY
News:
BDL-made Akash missile
can strike four aerial targets simultaneously
What's
in the news?
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Recently, the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight test of the New Generation Akash Missile (AKASH-NG)
from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
Akash
Missile System:
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Akash is India’s first indigenously produced short-range (up to 25 km)
Surface-to-Air missile.
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The missile system is among the key
platforms India exports to friendly foreign countries.
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Akash has been developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development
Program (IGMDP).
Features:
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Mid-range
surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile.
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Supersonic
speeds ranging from Mach 2.8 to 3.5.
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Nuclear
capable.
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It is a multi target, multi directional, all weather air-defence system
consisting of surveillance and tracking radars.
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It has built-in electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM) features, which can help
the missile punch through enemy jamming and other methods of evasion.
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Akash is powered by a Ramjet-rocket propulsion system.
Range:
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The missile has the capability to engage
aerial threats up to the maximum range of 25 km and up to an altitude of 18 km
operating at a speed range of 1.8 to 2.5 Mach.