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India successfully tests surface-to-air Akash missile
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 13, 2007 India carried out a successful test on Thursday of its surface-to-air Akash missile at an eastern coastal testing range, defence officials said. The missile blasted off from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site, 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar and hit a flying target successfully, a defence ministry official. The locally developed missile was lasted tested in January. The 700-kilogramme (1,540-pound) Akash, meaning "sky" in Hindi, can track 100 targets simultaneously with onboard radar, move at 600 metres (yards) a second and deliver a 55-kilogramme warhead across 27 kilometres in 50 seconds. The test came a day after India announced plans to increase its nuclear prowess with a ballistic missile capable of hitting targets up to 6,000 kilometres (3,800 miles) away. New Delhi also announced two tests this month of Indian manufactured interceptor missiles, saying they performed better than Patriot air-defence batteries manufactured by US defence group Raytheon. India has built a range of ballistic and cruise missiles as a deterrent to the arsenal of China with which it has an unresolved border dispute. The missile development project is also to counter the acquisition of newer missiles by Pakistan which carried out tit-for-tat nuclear weapons tests after India conducted a series of atomic detonations in 1998. The two nations have fought two of their three wars over Kashmir since the subcontinent's independence from Britain in 1947. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links Learn about missile defense at SpaceWar.com All about missiles at SpaceWar.com
Spanish Government Signed Acquisition Contract For Spike-ER Missiles
Madrid, Spain (SPX) Dec 13, 2007The Spanish Government has released the following announcement: "Cabinet Meeting summary of the Spanish Government of the 30/11/2007 AGREEMENT that authorize the signature of the acquisition contract for the Spike-ER Air-Land missiles systems for the Tiger helicopter by a global amount of 44.027.963 Euro, to distribute among the exercises 2007-2012." |
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