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Akash test-fired

Balasore Oct. 4. India today successfully test-fired its most sophisticated medium range surface-to-air missile Akash from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-Sea, about 15 km from here, official sources said.

The missile was fired from a mobile launcher in clear-weather conditions at around 4 p.m. Akash, one of the five missiles under various stages of development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), has a range of 25 km and a capacity to carry a payload of 55 kg. — PTI

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