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Yes. 30 Km of mostly powered flight. The NEZ (no escape zone) envelope of Akash is thus massive. It's overkill for MRLS / Glide bombs but impenetrable wall for maneuverable targets. Rajendra is massively overpowered for a system of this range with impressive resistance to jamming and deception...

IDRW is full of $hit. The QR-SAM is an ab-initio effort, a new missile from scratch.

Saurav Jha's Blog : Interview with Dr Avinash Chander, DRDO Chief and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister

Maitri project is worth the money because it helps recover sunk cost and expertise invested in Trishul project. Astra is yet to enter user trials, whatever is happening right now is development trials. If you want to have an Astra based Maitri/Trishul, you can wait several more years, by that...

Make no mistakes, Akash is an interceptor of vintage design backed by a very robust back end. Akash missile doesn't have an on board seeker which makes it very susceptible to electronic countermeasures. The enemy aircraft can jam the command link between the missile and the command center and it...

Edge of the envelope testing helps fine tune the engagement procedures. Often they are conducted to see if the missile is able to maintain it's advertised flight profile till the edge. All advertised ranges are best case scenarios, with target approaching towards the missile, head on. There is a...

Its not Mirage, it's a mirach aerial target drone. http://www.aiad.it/aiad_res/cms/documents/SELEXGALILEOMirach1005AerialTargetSystem.pdf 'Failure' to hit the target is not alarming as since induction most of the Akash tests have been conducted at far boundary edge of the envelope targets.

28th may 2012 - two missiles fired in volley against PTA, one hit other miss. 30th may 2012 - Missile aimed at a para barrel target. Successful. 23rd April 2014 - Two missiles fired, successful including receding target on the edge of envelope. Two Akash missiles tested - The Hindu 30th May...

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