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Akash test-fired for second
time in four days: PTI

For the second time in four days, India Friday successfully test-fired the indigenously built multi-target surface-to-air Akash missile from the Interim Test Range at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore, ITR sources said.

The 650 kg missile was fired from a mobile launcher shortly after 1300 hours, the sources said.

All data concerning various parametres of the test obtained from different telemetry centres as well as tracking radars are being analysed by scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, the sources said.

With a range of 25 km, Akash can deliver 55 kg of explosives and can strike several targets simultaneously. It uses integrated 2-stage ramjet propulsion technology.

Compared to the Patriot missile system of the United States, Akash, with its radar, can detect intruding aircraft from tree-top level up to a height of 20 km.

Akash, a part of India's guided missile development programme, has gone through a number of trials.

The first test-launch of the missile was conducted on July 5, 2000 from the ITR.

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