Context:
Recently, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight test of the New Generation Akash Missile (AKASH-NG) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
The AKASH-NG Missile: Akash Missile
- Akash Missile is a state-of-the-art missile system capable of intercepting high-speed, agile aerial threats.
- Akash Missile is a surface-to-air Missile.
- Akash Missile can strike targets at a distance of around 60 km and fly at a speed of up to Mach 2.5.
- Developed by: Bharat Dynamics Limited and Bharat Electronics.
Akash-NG Missile: Precision Interception Against High-Speed Aerial Threats
- Indigenous Surface-to-Air Missile: India’s first indigenously produced medium-range Surface to Air missile that can engage multiple targets from multiple directions.
- Uniqueness: It can be launched from mobile platforms like battle tanks or wheeled trucks.
- Akash Missile has a nearly 90% kill probability.
- Supported RADAR: The indigenously developed Rajendra.
- Electronic counter-counter measures: It has built-in electronic counter-counter measures (ECCM) features, which can help the missile punch through enemy jamming and other methods of evasion.
- Target Range: Akash Missile can hit targets between 4.5 km to 25 km, with an effective altitude of 100 meters to 20 km.
- Significance: Cheaper and accurate, have solid-fuel technology and high-tech radars.
News Source: The Hindu