{"id":89249,"date":"2019-09-06T16:31:13","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T11:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=9920"},"modified":"2019-09-06T16:31:13","modified_gmt":"2019-09-06T11:01:13","slug":"government-clears-over-rs-5000-crore-akash-missile-project-for-air-force","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-clears-over-rs-5000-crore-akash-missile-project-for-air-force\/","title":{"rendered":"Government clears over Rs 5,000 crore Akash missile project for Air Force"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Government has cleared the procurement of six squadrons of the indigenous Akash air defence missile.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Akash missile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Akash is a medium range Surface-to-air missile with multi-target engagement capability.<\/li><li>The missile is developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).<\/li><li>The missile has a strike range of 25 km.It can reach an altitude of 18 km and can be fired from both tracked and wheeled platforms.<\/li><li>The missile is capable of neutralizing advanced aerial targets and in striking down enemy fighter jets and drones effectively.<\/li><li>The missile was developed as part of the Integrated Guided-Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About IGMDP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Integrated Guided-Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) was conceived by Dr. APJ. Abdul Kalam to enable India attain self-sufficiency in the field of missile technology.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The missiles developed under this programme include (a)Agni (b)Akash, (c)Trishul (d)Prithvi and (e)Nag.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Government has cleared the procurement of six squadrons of the indigenous Akash air defence missile. Facts: Akash missile: The Akash is a medium range Surface-to-air missile with multi-target engagement capability. The missile is developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The missile has a strike range of 25 km.It can reach an altitude&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/government-clears-over-rs-5000-crore-akash-missile-project-for-air-force\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Government clears over Rs 5,000 crore Akash missile project for Air Force<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[6423,6683],"class_list":["post-89249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-akash-missile","tag-igmdp","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704655133},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89249","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}