India has tested its first indigenous air-to-air missile ‘Astra’ from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jet, marking a significant turning point in the decade-long tortuous developmental saga of the complex beyond visual range weapon.
The test-firing of the missile over the Arabian Sea off Goa is the first step after several false starts and technical glitches like a defective aerodynamic configuration since the project was first sanctioned in March 2004 at an initial cost of Rs. 955 crore.
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