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| India-Pakistan |
| India successfully test fires air to air missile |
| 2007-10-26 |
| India Thursday successfully test fired 'close combat missile R-73' at the air to air range off the coast of Goa, a state in Western India. The missile is part of the current initial operational clearance phase as part of the India's Light Combat Aircraft programme, news agency United News of India reported. The main objectives of test firing were to validate safe separation of the missile from the parent aircraft, effect of missile plume on engine air-intake, functionality of store management system including safety interlocks, and effect of missile plume on composites structures and handling quality assessment during missile launch, the news agency said. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #2 This is the very first step of weapons integration. The multi-mode radar (being developed with Israeli assistance) is yet to be installed. A lot more firings will be performed. The Russians refused to provide technical data on the R-73 interface and wanted the contract for the integration. The Indians integrated the Russian missile into their fighter despite this. |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-10-26 12:21 |
| #1 What a bizarre headline. The test was not of the missile. India has thousands of Russian missiles like this. What was being tested was weaponization of India's homegrown fighter YouTube video of the firing |
| Posted by: john frum 2007-10-26 07:22 |