{"id":137786,"date":"2021-09-28T17:58:23","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T12:28:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=137786"},"modified":"2021-10-01T18:48:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-01T13:18:15","slug":"drdo-tests-akash-prime-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drdo-tests-akash-prime-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"DRDO tests Akash Prime missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Defence Research and Development Organisation<\/strong> (DRDO) has successfully tested a new version of Akash missile named Akash Prime.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>What is Akash Prime?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Akash Prime is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was developed to replace the Russian 2K12 Kub (SA-6 Gainful) missile system, currently in service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile is equipped with a homegrown <strong>Radio Frequency seeker<\/strong> which imparts an improved accuracy while intercepting targets in various conditions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The missile will<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> further boost the confidence of the Indian Army and Indian Air Force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Note:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> DRDO has recently also tested the<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drdo-successfully-flight-tests-surface-to-air-missile-akash-ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Akash-NG missile<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Both Akash Prime and Akash NG are variants of the Akash Missile. Akash Missile is India\u2019s first indigenously produced medium-range Surface to Air missile.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This post is based on the following articles<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>\u201c<\/b><b>DRDO tests Akash Prime missile<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> The Hindu <\/b>on<b> 28th Sep 2021.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>\u201c<\/b><b>Successful Maiden Flight Test of Akash Prime Missile\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<\/span><b> PIB <\/b>on<b> 27th <\/b><b>Sep 2021.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully tested a new version of Akash missile named Akash Prime. What is Akash Prime? Akash Prime is a medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed by the DRDO and produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). It was developed to replace the Russian 2K12&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/drdo-tests-akash-prime-missile\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">DRDO tests Akash Prime missile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,9],"tags":[10031,1255,5990],"class_list":["post-137786","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-akash-prime-missile","tag-defence-technology","tag-missiles","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704937862},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137786","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137786\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}