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ASTRA Missile

24 Aug,2023 Download Pdf 2 Min Read

ASTRA Missile

LIGHT COMBAT Aircraft (LCA) Tejas has successfully fired the ASTRA indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile.
ASTRA is a state-of-the-art BVR air-to-air missile.
It is developed to engage and destroy highly manoeuvring supersonic aerial targets.
It has been designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and other laboratories of DRDO.
Astra Mk-1 has been integrated with Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30MKI and will be integrated with Dassault Mirage 2000, HAL Tejas and Mikoyan MiG-29 in the future.

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