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India surface-to-air missile testing now 3 for 3
India Saturday successfully test fired surface-to-air nuclear capable 'Akash' missile from a defence base in the Eastern Indian state of Orissa for the third consecutive day.The indigenously developed missile was test fired from a mobile launcher at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on sea in Orissa today, news agency Indo Asian News Service reported, quoting a source in the Indian Defence Ministry. The missile uses the integrated two-stage RAMJET propulsion technology to carry a maximum 50 kg payload, the news agency said. The missile weighs 650 kg and has a range of 25 km. Posted by: Seafarious 2007-12-16 |
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