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BHUBANESWAR, Dec 15: India on Saturday successfully tested its surface-to-air Akash missile for the third time in as many days, defence officials said.
The missile blasted off from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site in Orissa state on India’s eastern coast on Saturday afternoon, officials said.
The two earlier tests this week at the testing site 200km northeast of state capital Bhubaneswar were also described as successful.
The 700-km Akash, whose name means “sky” in Hindi, has a striking range of 27km and can carry a 55-km warhead.
Tests of the missile are likely to continue this week, the officials said.—AFP
