{"id":24818,"date":"2025-10-16T09:50:07","date_gmt":"2025-10-16T04:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24818"},"modified":"2025-10-16T13:36:40","modified_gmt":"2025-10-16T08:06:40","slug":"akash-missile-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/akash-missile-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Akash Missile System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Akash Missile System Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">India is learnt to have pitched for the supply of the Akash missile system to Brazil, as the Defence Minister recently held wide-ranging talks with Brazilian Vice-President Geraldo Alckmin in New Delhi.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Akash Missile System<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to <\/span><b>protect vulnerable areas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, points, and assets <\/span><b>from a range of aerial threats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, including fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, drones, and helicopters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was indigenously designed and <\/span><b>developed by India\u2019s Defence Research and Development Organisation (<a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/defence-research-and-development-organisation-drdo\/\" target=\"_blank\">DRDO<\/a>) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and is produced by Hyderabad-based Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>currently in service with the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Army.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Akash Missile System <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>system features a launcher,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a <\/span><b>missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a <\/span><b>control centre<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an <\/span><b>integral mission guidance system, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a multifunctional fire control radar, a system arming and explosion mechanism, <\/span><b>a digital autopilot, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C4I (command, control, communication, and intelligence) centres and supporting ground equipment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It can <\/span><b>simultaneously engage multiple targets in Group Mode or Autonomous Mode.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is 5.87 meters long, 350 millimeters in diameter, and weighs 710 kilograms.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It features a <\/span><b>solid-fuel, ramjet propulsion <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">system, capable of reaching speeds of Mach 2.5 to 3.5 (up to 4,200 km\/h).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers a <\/span><b>range of 4.5 km to 25 km<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>can engage aerial threats<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> flying <\/span><b>between 100 meters and 20 kilometers in altitude.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>fully mobile system<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, effective at engaging multiple targets simultaneously with a <\/span><b>kill probability of up to 99% with a salvo of two missiles.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>sophisticated Rajendra radar <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can track numerous targets and guide multiple missiles concurrently.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>fully automatic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, features <\/span><b>built-in electronic counter measures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and is mobile across different terrains.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/india-pitches-for-supply-of-akash-missile-system-to-brazil-as-rajnath-singh-holds-talks-with-brazilian-vice-president\/article70169770.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Akash Missile System is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. 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