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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully test-fired surface-to-air missile Akash with an indigenous seeker for the second time in last two days

New Delhi: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Monday successfully test-fired surface-to-air missile Akash-IS with an indigenous seeker for the second time in last two days.

This missile is the first surface-to-air missile with indigenous radio frequency seeker that was initially test-fired in 2017 from the Launch Complex-III at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.

With the successive successes, India has achieved the capability of making any type of surface-to-air missile.

Akash has already been deployed by IAF at its bases in Gwalior, Hashimara, Tejpur, Jorhat and Pune. The deployment started in 2013.

Akash is a potent supersonic mobile multi-directional, multi-target point, area Air Defence system that can simultaneously engage multiple air targets using sophisticated multi-function phased array radars.

The advanced ECCM (Electronic Counter Counter Measures) features provide secure communication links with other Air Defence Command and Control networks to handle the counter electronic warfare scenario.