Surface-to-air missile Akash with indigenous radio frequency seeker successfully test-fired

Surface-to-air missile Akash with indigenous radio frequency seeker successfully test-fired

This is the first Surface to Air Missile with indigenous seeker that has been test fired   | Photo Credit: Representative Image

The missile was successfully launched from the Launch Complex-III at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha around 1.40 p.m.

Boost to Indian Army's air power; to get medium range missile by 2020

"The radars, telemetry and electro-optical systems along the coast have tracked and monitored all the health parameters of the missile," said a statement.

This is the first surface-to-air missile with indigenous seeker that has been test-fired.

"With this success, India has achieved the capability of making any type of surface-to-air missile," the statement said.

The launch operations were witnessed by the Director-General (Missiles) in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister, G. Satheesh Reddy; Director of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), M.S.R. Prasad; Programme Director G. Chandra Mouli; Director Integrated Test Range (ITR) B.K. Das and other top DRDO scientists.

This missile is being inducted into Army as Short Range Surface to Air Missile (SRSAM).