Akash missile: India’s first home-made supersonic missile

AKASH MISSILE For: Preliminary & Mains Topics covered: About Akash Missile News Flash Akash is India’s first indigenously produced medium-range Surface to Air missile that can engage multiple targets from multiple directions. The all-weather missile can engage targets at a speed 2.5 times more than the speed of sound and can detect and destroy targets flying at low, medium and high altitudes. The Akash missile system has been designed and developed as part of…

First Night trial of surface-to-surface medium-range missile Agni-II

AGNI-II India has successfully conducted the first night trial of Agni-II, its versatile surface-to-surface medium-range nuclear-capable missile. Agni-II is an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM). The two-stage ballistic missile can carry a payload of 1000 kg over a distance of 2000 km. The Agni-II is always in a ready-to-fire mode and can be launched within 15 minutes. The Agni-II is designed to be launched from a rail-mobile launcher, but it is also available…

Akash missile: India’s first home-made supersonic missile

First Night trial of surface-to-surface medium-range missile Agni-II

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