Balasore: India on June 10 successfully test-fired Akash, the medium range surface-to-air missile, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, 15 km from Balasore defence sources said.

The missile was fired from a mobile launcher at about 11.40 hours (IST)

The indigenously built sophisticated multi-target missile has a range of 25 km and is one of the 5 missiles currently under various stages of development by the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO).

The 650 kg missile has the capacity to carry a fifty kg payload and uses the integrated two-stage ramjet propulsion technology.

Akash, which has undergone several flight tests earlier, is close to user's trial, the sources said.

The missile was test fired from the ITR for the third time within the last fortnight. The experiments were conducted on May 29 and June 2 last.

PTI