Ø Astra, was successfully test-fired from a fighter aircraft — the Sukhoi-30
MKI — from a naval range in the Western Sector . The test-firing met all the mission
objectives and the air-launch was captured by side and forward looking
high-speed cameras and the separation was exactly as per simulation, according
to a press release from the Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO). Astra is India's first Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air missile and has
been designed and developed indigenously by the DRDO. The 60-km plus range
missile possesses high Single Shot Kill Probability (SSKP) making it highly
reliable.
Ø Army performs sarvada vijay exercise at Bikaner.
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