India's ASTRA BVRAAM Successfully Testfired From IAF Flanker

[sancho]

I think the celebration is a bit premature, I ll wait for the day till its successful against a target, which mind you is the most crucial part for a BVRAAM. Good to see the progress though.

Finally somebody that doesn't celebrate so easily like me!

 

[banvanaxl]

More importantly, I am seriously not impressed with the range. When faced off against variants of the AIM-120 AMRAAM, the Aim-120D reportedly having a range of 180 km+, I feel like I just brought a pen knife to a gun fight.

We doing something to up the range? Or are planning to rely on our AA-12 adders for long range BVR combat in the foreseeable future?

 

[he-man]

Finally somebody that doesn't celebrate so easily like me!

don't forget the king of pessimism,,,thats me

 

[Koovie]

 

[Mike_Brando]

don't forget the king of pessimism,,,thats me

Paaji tode naal ek gaal puchni thi,aap itni pessimist kyun hain?

 

[TOPGUN]

Congrats India (IAF) looks pretty nice also being smoke less

 

[he-man]

Paaji tode naal ek gaal puchni thi,aap itni pessimist kyun hain?

bhai india mein reh reh ke aisa ho gaya hoon

 

[madooxno9]

bhai india mein reh reh ke aisa ho gaya hoon

Bhai tu Canada kyu nahi ho aata Holidays pe

 

[IndoUS]

A Good start for DRDO, no reason to get overly happy this is just the stepping stone. This is only replace older gen missiles on our MIG's since Rafale will have a much more capable missile.

 

[rockstarIN]

Finally my favourite took off. May it will hit the target very soon

 

[SQ8]

The only Indian weapon I have true admiration for. Lets hope it bear actual fruit on my fondness for it. Mid body strakes give good aerodynamic lift for both range and turning ability.. and the large fins would make for tight turn at end-game.

 

[FNFAL]

Awesome news! With avaibility of Astra Mk1 , even with limited range , we should see the gradual demise of the SARH Alamos

 

[janon]

The only Indian weapon I have true admiration for. Lets hope it bear actual fruit on my fondness for it. Mid body strakes give good aerodynamic lift for both range and turning ability.. and the large fins would make for tight turn at end-game.

You don't admire our Agnis?

 

[wolfschanzze]

With Modi as PM expect India to develop its own Military Industrial Complex .Then we will have more projects and weapon systems.

 

[atlssa]

High Speed Camera’s photo shows of Astra Beyond Visual Range missile moments after separation from Su-30MKI​

DRDO STATEMENT: India's first indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) Air-to-Air missile "ASTRA was successfully test fired by the Indian Air Force on May 04, 2014 from a Naval range in the western sector meeting all the mission objectives. The air-launch was captured by side and forward looking high speed cameras and the separation was exactly as per the simulation. ASTRA is India's first BVR Air-to-Air Missile indigenously designed and developed by DRDO, possessing high Single Shot Kill Probability (SSKP) making it highly reliable. Astra is an all aspect, all weather missile with active Radar terminal guidance, excellent ECCM features, smokeless propulsion and process improved effectiveness in multi-target scenario making it a highly advanced, state-of the-art missile.

The Scientific Advisor to Raksha Mantri, Secretary Deptt of Defence R&D and DG, DRDO, Shri Avinash Chander congratulating the team for their high competence and tenacity to make such an event happen seamlessly said "Astra's successful launch from the Su30 combat aircraft is a major step in missile aircraft integration. Extensive flight testing that has preceded today's air launch was indeed a joint effort of DRDO and IAF. This will be followed by launch against actual target shortly. Many more trials are planned and will be conducted to clear the launch envelope. Weapon integration with 'Tejas' Light Combat Aircraft will also be done in the near future."

Dr. V.G. Sekaran, Director General (MSS) who chaired the Flight Readiness Review Committee along with Shri. S Som, Director, DRDL, Shri. P Venugopalan, former Director, DRDL among others, said "This is one of the proud moments for DRDO and the entire country." Dr. K Tamilmani, Director General (Aeronautics) who has overlooked the entire flight safety in the program said that quality of integration and performance is of high standards and there was no doubt in the success of the launch. He further added that this is the beginning of the phase for demonstration of launch over a wide air-launch envelope. The Project Director Dr. S. Venugopal said that "the Air Launch of ASTRA was perfect in all respect and is a culmination of years of effort by a very dedicated and competent team of the Missile Complex, Hyderabad, CEMILAC and Indian Air Force. HAL carried out the modification in Su-30 along with IAF specialists, and many Indian industries have an important and enabling role in the production of reliable avionics, propulsion system, materials, airframe and software passing stringent airworthiness requirements for the missile." The missiles have undergone rigorous testing on Su30 in the captive mode for avionics integration and Seeker evaluation in 2013. The project has thus reached the final stage of testing and evaluation, and the Mk-II variant with higher range capability is also planned to be tested by the end of 2014.

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