Astra missile debuts from a Sukhoi-30MKI fighter

By Ajai Shukla Business Standard, 5th May 14 A fighter aircraft’s lethality in air-to-air combat is governed by the air-to-air missile that it carries. Since independence, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has mounted French, Russian and British missiles on its fighters. Today, an IAF Sukhoi-30MKI fighter conducted the first test launch of the indigenous Astra air-to-air missile, which



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