India Flight Tests Upgraded Surface-to-air Missile


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On September 27, India successfully test fired an upgraded variant of its Akash surface-to-air missile. The upgraded missile, named Akash Prime, intercepted and destroyed an unmanned aerial target in a flight test at India’s Integrated Test Range in Odisha. The Akash system entered Indian Army service in 2009. 

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Masao Dahlgren, "India Flight Tests Upgraded Surface-to-air Missile," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, September 28, 2021, last modified October 4, 2021, https://missilethreat.csis.org/india-flight-tests-upgraded-surface-to-air-missile/.