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Answered by kanadsa2226
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In a bid to provide a fillip to the armed forces, the Ministry of Defence Thursday approved procurement of Astra missiles and long-range land attack cruise missile systems with a range of 1,000 km for Air Force and Navy. Aside from these, the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), chaired by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, also approved procurement of a number of frontline fighter jets—21 MiG-29 fighter jets are being bought from Russia while 12 Su-30 MKI aircraft will be procured from Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.

A first of its kind indigenous missile, Astra was flight-tested successfully from a Sukhoi-30 MKI jet as a part of user trials by the Indian Air Force off the coast of Odisha on September 19 last year.

What is Astra missile?

Indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile, Astra is designed to be mounted on a fighter aircraft and is also designed to engage and destroy highly manoeuvring supersonic aircraft.

With a 15-kilogram high-explosive pre-fragmented warhead, Astra has a range of over 70 km and can fly towards its target at a speed of over 5,555 km per hour. The missile has all-weather day and night capability.

The missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), along with almost 50 other public and private organisations, which were involved in multiple variants to meet specific requirements.

For the IAF trials, the Astra Mk-I Weapon system integrated with SU-30 Mk-I aircraft was carried out by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

Answered by Adirex
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Astra (Sanskrit: "weapon"[11]) is an all weather beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation. It is the first air-to-air missile developed by India. It features mid-course inertial guidance with terminal active radar homing.[12] Astra is designed to be capable of engaging targets at varying range and altitudes allowing for engagement of both short-range targets at a distance of 10 km (6.2 mi) and long-range targets up to a distance of 110 km (68 mi).[13][14] Astra has been integrated with Indian Air Force's Sukhoi Su-30MKI and will be integrated with Dassault Mirage 2000, HAL Tejas and Mikoyan MiG-29 in the future. Limited series production of Astra missiles began in 2017.[5][15][16]

Astra

AstraMk1Missile.jpg

Astra missile on static display

Type

Beyond-visual-range missile

Place of origin

India

Service history

In service

2019–present

Used by

Indian Air Force

Indian Navy

Production history

Manufacturer

Bharat Dynamics, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Electronics Corporation of India

Unit cost

₹7−8 crore (US$−1.1 million)

Produced

2017–present

Variants

Astra Mk 1, Astra Mk 2, Astra IR, Astra Mk 3

Specifications

Mass

154 kg (340 lb)

Length

3.57 m (11.7 ft)

Diameter

178 mm (7.0 in)

Warhead

High-explosive pre-fragmented HMX/PU[1]

Warhead weight

15 kg (33 lb)

Detonation

mechanism

Radio proximity fuze

Propellant

Solid fuel

Operational

range

Astra Mark 1: 110 km (68 mi)

Astra IR: 80 km (50 mi) (under-development)

Astra Mark 2: 160 km (99 mi)[2] (under-development)

Astra Mark 3: 350 km (220 mi)[3] (under-development)

Flight ceiling

20 km (66,000 ft)

Maximum speed

Mach 4.5[4]

Guidance

system

Mid-course: Fibre-optic gyro inertial navigation system with mid-course update via datalink. Terminal: Active radar homing

Launch

platform

MiG-29UPG / MiG-29K

Mirage 2000

Su-30MKI

Tejas Mk.1/1A / Mk.2

AMCA

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