Kochi: The Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted the flight-tests of RudraM-02 air-to-surface missile from an airborne platform from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur.
Quoting the Defence Ministry, the Times of India said on Tuesday that the missiles were guided to a predefined target with pin-point accuracy.
As per reports, the indigenous air-to-surface missile RudraM-02, which can reach a peak speed of Mach 5.5, is capable of striking targets at a distance of approximately 300 km and can carry a warhead weighing up to 200 kg.
It can be deployed from aircraft like Sukhois flying at altitudes ranging from 3 to 15 km.
The new missile will eventually replace the older Russian-origin Kh-31 anti-radiation missiles currently in RudraM-02 uses a hybrid navigation system combining an inertial navigation system, GPS and a sophisticated passive homing head that detects radio frequency emissions across a wide frequency band.
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