Firing trials of the Akash
Air Defence System, designed and developed by DRDO, and manufactured by Navratna defence PSU
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL),
have been conducted successfully at the Integrated Test Range at Balasore in
Odisha.
Akash is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system developed by the Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO), Ordnance Factories Board and Bharat Electronics (BEL) in India. The missile system can target aircraft up to
30 km away, at altitudes up to 18,000 m. The Akash system is fully mobile
and capable of protecting a moving convoy of vehicles. The launch platform has
been integrated with both wheeled and tracked vehicles.
It has a
launch weight of 720 kg, a diameter of 35 cm and a length of 5.78
metres. Akash flies at supersonic speed, reaching around Mach 2.5. It can reach an altitude of 18 km and
can be fired from both tracked and wheeled platforms.
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