Surface-to-air Akash Missile successfully test fired by India

India test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range launch complex at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha on 21st February 2014. The missile that was launched targeted a floating object that was supported by Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA) Lakshya.

About Akash missile :

• Akash is a medium range surface-to-air anti-aircraft defence system developed by the DRDO as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.
• It has a strike range of 25 km and can carry a warhead of 60 kgs.
• It has the capability to target aircraft up to 30 km away and is packed with a battery that can track and attack several targets simultaneously.