ASTRA
MISSILE - DEFENCE & SECURITY
News: LCA Tejas successfully test-fires
Astra Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missile
What's
in the news?
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Recently, the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA)
Tejas Limited Series Production-7 (LSP-7) successfully test fired the ASTRA
indigenous Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile off the coast of Goa.
Astra
Missile:
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The Astra Mk-1 is a beyond visual range (BVR), air-to-air missile (AAM).
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Designed and developed by the Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for deployment on fighter jets
like Sukhoi-30 MKI and Tejas of the IAF and the Mig-29K of the Navy.
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The range for Astra Mk-1 is around 110 km.
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The Mk-2 with a range over 150 km is under
development and Mk-3 version with a longer range is being envisaged.
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One more version of Astra, with a range
smaller than Mk-1 is also under development.
Significance:
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Reducing the dependency.
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Large stand-off ranges.