India Tests Surface-To-Air Missile14 December 2007 11:49 India has successfully tested a surface-to-air missile, a day after announcing plans to increase its nuclear capabilities with a ballistic missile capable of hitting targets 6,000km away, officials say. The 700kg Akash missile can track 100 targets simultaneously with onboard radar, move at 600m a second and deliver a 55kg warhead across 27km in 50 seconds. Akash, which was last tested in January, successfully intercepted a flying target, according to a defence ministry official. By staff writer » Email this link to a friend |
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