India Thursday successfully test fired 'close combat missile R-73' at the air to air range off the coast of Goa, a state in Western India.
The missile is part of the current initial operational clearance phase as part of the India's Light Combat Aircraft programme, news agency United News of India reported. The main objectives of test firing were to validate safe separation of the missile from the parent aircraft, effect of missile plume on engine air-intake, functionality of store management system including safety interlocks, and effect of missile plume on composites structures and handling quality assessment during missile launch, the news agency said. (end) dr.bz.
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Isn't it a Russian missile? How can they test fire an already proven missile? This is confusing.
how do you know it is Russian ?
QUOTE(VAMAN @ Oct 26 2007, 11:59 AM) 
Isn't it a Russian missile? How can they test fire an already proven missile? This is confusing.
I think it was more in regards to LCA being able to fire the missile, rather than testing of the missile itself.
The newspaper obviously got it wrong.
QUOTE(kkdkckrl @ Oct 27 2007, 09:33 PM)
I think it was more in regards to LCA being able to fire the missile, rather than testing of the missile itself.
The newspaper obviously got it wrong.
The newspaper obviously got it wrong.
Yes you are right. It was the LCA Tejas test firing its first missile. The article got it all wrong. These journalists sometimes act like semi-literates.
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