Bhubaneswar, Sep 20, 2016: India successfully test fires Barak-8missile. India on Tuesday efficiently test-fired the Barak-8 surface-to-air missile, collectively developed with Israel, from a defence take a look at facility off the Odisha coast.
The surface-to-air ballistic missile was efficiently check fired from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at Chandipur, mentioned a defence official.
India successfully test fires Barak-8missile.
It was launched from a cell launcher at about 10.15 a.m. from ITR launching complex-III in Balasore district.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is planning some extra rounds of assessments shortly, the official mentioned as India successfully test fires Barak-8missile.
The superior missile is collectively designed and developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Israel’s Administration for the Development of Weapons and Technological Infrastructure.
The missile has the power to hit targets inside 70 km to 90 km radius. It’s designed to defend in opposition to any airborne menace, other than plane and helicopters, and may intercept supersonic plane and missiles when India successfully test fires Barak-8missile.
It’s a nuclear-capable ballistic missile, weighing round 2.7 tonnes and is four.5 metres in size.
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