May 13, 2003	Tuesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 10, 1424

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BHUBANESWAR, May 12: India test-fired its first domestically developed air-to-air missile for the third time in four days on Monday from a site in Orissa.

The Astra is powered by solid propellant and can strike targets between 25 to 40 kilometres away, beyond the usual visual range.

The 3.8-metre-high prototype was test-fired from a special fixed launcher on Sunday.—AFP