India test fires new generation anti-radiation missile
India yesterday successfully test-fired the "Rudram" Anti-Radiation Missile, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft off the east coast today. The missile hit with pin-point accuracy a radiation target located on Wheeler Island off the coast of Bay of Bengal in the eastern state of Odisha, the Indian Defence Ministry said in a statement. This is the first indigenous anti-radiation missile of the country for Indian Air Force (IAF) being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), it said. With this, India has established indigenous capability to develop long range air launched anti-radiation missiles for neutralizing enemy radars, communication sites and other radio frequency-emitting targets, said the statement.
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