India carries out third missile test in three days
India Monday carried out its third test in three days of its surface-to-air Akash missile at an eastern coastal testing range, a defence official said.
The missile was fired from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site, 200km northeast of the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The domestically developed missile was test-fired from rocket launchers and hit its flying target successfully, the official said.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. On Saturday, India twice successfully tested the same missile from the same range.
The 700-kilogramme (1,540-pound) Akash, which means "sky" in Hindi, can track 100 targets simultaneously with onboard radar, move at 600 metres (yards) a second and deliver a 55-kilogram warhead across 27 kilometres in 50 seconds.
The missile is one of five being developed by India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organisation.
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