{"id":342692,"date":"2025-07-12T13:44:11","date_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=342692"},"modified":"2025-07-12T13:44:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-12T08:14:11","slug":"astra-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/astra-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"ASTRA Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> DRDO and the IAF successfully conducted flight tests of the Astra missile off the coast of Odisha.<\/p>\n<h2>About ASTRA \u2013 Indigenous Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Astra is an indigenously developed <strong>Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM)<\/strong> comprising the missile and its launcher.<\/li>\n<li>It has been jointly developed by the <strong>Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The missile is designed to intercept and eliminate highly maneuverable aerial targets flying at supersonic speeds.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Specifications<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The missile has an operational range of <strong>80 to 110 kilometers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can <strong>operate at altitudes of up to 20 kilometers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Astra is <strong>3840 mm in length<\/strong> and has a <strong>diameter of 178 mm<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Its <strong>flight duration<\/strong> ranges <strong>between 100 to 120 seconds.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The missile is <strong>equipped with a high-explosive pre-fragmented warhead.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It can <strong>travel at speeds up to Mach 4.5<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>Astra is powered by a <strong>solid rocket motor propulsion system.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>uses a radar<\/strong> proximity fuse for detonation.<\/li>\n<li>The guidance system includes <strong>inertial navigation, mid-course updates, and terminal active radar homing<\/strong> with a range of 13 kilometers.<\/li>\n<li>Advanced guidance and navigation systems enable ASTRA to deliver highly accurate strikes.<\/li>\n<li>The missile is <strong>launched from the Su-30 MKI aircraft platform.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: DRDO and the IAF successfully conducted flight tests of the Astra missile off the coast of Odisha. About ASTRA \u2013 Indigenous Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile Astra is an indigenously developed Beyond Visual Range Air-to-Air Missile (BVRAAM) comprising the missile and its launcher. It has been jointly developed by the Defence Research and Development&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/astra-missile\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ASTRA Missile<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959,12039],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-342692","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342692","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342692\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}