India Thursday successfully test fired 'close combat missile R-73' at the air to air range off the coast of Goa, a state in Western India.
The missile is part of the current initial operational clearance phase as part of the India's Light Combat Aircraft programme, news agency United News of India reported. The main objectives of test firing were to validate safe separation of the missile from the parent aircraft, effect of missile plume on engine air-intake, functionality of store management system including safety interlocks, and effect of missile plume on composites structures and handling quality assessment during missile launch, the news agency said. |