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India Testfires Medium Range Missile

India testfired a medium-range surface-to-air missile on Saturday from the interim test range off its east cost, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.

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India testfired a medium-range surface-to-air missile on Saturday from the interim test range off its east cost, the Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.

The sophisticated multi-target missile, codenamed "Akash," was "successfully" testfired from a mobile launcher at about 1525 local time (0955 GMT) off its east state of Orissa, PTI quoted defense sources as saying.

India testfired a short-range missile, Agni-I, on Thursday last week and reportedly planned to fire the medium and long range version of Agni-III before the end of this year.

The missile, which has a range of 25 kilometers, is one of the five missiles under various stages of development by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

Akash, a sleek missile weighting about 650 kilograms, has the capability of carrying a payload of 50 kilograms and uses the integrated two-staged Ramjet propulsion technology.

The missile, which has undergone several flight trials earlier,could be put on "user's trial" soon, the defense sources were quoted as saying.

DRDO was developing a radar system, called Rajendra, and the anti-aircraft missile Akash to build a reliable air defense shield,PTI said.

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