Akash missile tested with indigenous radio frequency seeker

New Delhi Dec 5 (IANS) Surface-to-air missile Akash was successfully test fired on Tuesday with an indigenous radio frequency seeker an official said.

The missile was successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha around 1.40 p.m.

"The radars telemetry and electro-optical systems along the coast have tracked and monitored all the health parameters of the missile " said a statement.

This is the first surface-to-air missile with indigenous seeker that has been test fired.

"With this success India has achieved the capability of making any type of surface-to-air missile " the statement said.

The launch operations were witnessed by the Director General (Missiles) in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister G. Satheesh Reddy; Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) M.S.R. Prasad; Programme Director G. Chandra Mouli; Director Integrated Test Range (ITR) B.K. Das and other top DRDO scientists.

This missile is being inducted into Army as Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM).

--IANS
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