India is accelerating efforts to strengthen its indigenous air combat capabilities through a major upgrade of the Astra missile family, as the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) advances work on longer-range variants designed to enhance the Indian Air Force’s beyond-visual-range strike capacity, India TV News reported.The development comes amid a broader expansion of India’s
Astra Missile Set For Major Range Leap As India Pushes Beyond 300 Km Air Combat Capability
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