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Know about India's Air-to-Air Missile Astra

New Delhi: India on Saturday conducted a successful ballistic flight test of indigenously developed Astra - Beyond-Visual-Range Air-to-Air Missile - from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur. Astra is an active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air

India TV News Desk Published : May 05, 2014 16:47 IST, Updated : Jun 12, 2014 7:10 IST


The maximum range of Astra is 110 km in head-on chase and 20 km in tail chase.  

The missile could be launched from different altitudes - it can cover 110 km when launched from an altitude of 15 km, 44 km when fired from an altitude of eight km and 21 km when the altitude is sea-level.

The missile can reportedly undertake 40 g turns close to sea level, when attacking a maneuvering target.

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