Daily Current Affairs / DRDO test-fires "Akash Prime Missile"
Category : Defense Published on: September 29 2021
· Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) successfully test-fired a new variant of Akash surface-to-air missile "Akash Prime" from the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.
· The Akash Prime missile test comes months after the first test-fire of the Akash-NG (new generation) took place in January.
· The development of Akash SAM was initiated by DRDO in the late 1980s as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program.
· Akash is primarily a short-range surface-to-air missile designed to provide air defense cover in sensitive areas.
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v Established: 1958
v Father of DRDO: Avinash Chander
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