Astra missile

Hyderabad, Jan 14, Minister of State for Defence Ajay Bhatt on Sunday flagged off the indigenously-developed and manufactured Astra missile for supply to the Indian Air Force. The missile was flagged off at Bharat Dynamics Ltd's (BDL), Kanchanbagh Unit, Hyderabad in the presence of BDL CMD, Commodore A. Madhavarao (Retd), Director General, Missiles & Strategic Systems (DGMSS) U. Raja Babu and other senior officials from the DRDO, the Indian Air Force, and the BDL. Astra is a beyond visual range air-to-air missile indigenously developed by the DRDO and manufactured by BDL for the IAF and the weapon system is best…