Revealed: Indian Air Force’s Tejas fighter jet successfully tested firing Astra Beyond Visual Range air-to-air missiles, neutralizing targets beyond global visibility (VIDEO).

T?? HAL T?j?s Li??t C?m??t Ai?c???t (LCA) LSP-7 s?cc?ss??ll? ?i??? t?? ASTRA in?i??n??s B???n? Vis??l R?n?? (BVR) ?i?-t?-?i? missil? (AAM) ??? t?? c??st ?? G?? ?n A???st 23, 2023. T?? missil? ??l??s? w?s s?cc?ss??ll? c???i?? ??t ???m t?? ?i?c???t ?t ?n ?ltit??? ?? ????t 20,000 ?t. All t?? ??j?ctiv?s ?? t?? t?st w??? m?t ?n? it w?s ? ?????ct t?xt-???k l??nc?. T?? t?st l??nc? w?s m?nit???? ?? t?? T?st Di??ct?? ?n? sci?ntists ?? A???n??tic?l D?v?l??m?nt A??nc? (ADA), D???nc? R?s???c? ?n? D?v?l??m?nt O???nis?ti?n (DRDO), Hin??st?n A???n??tics Limit?? (HAL) ?l?n? wit? ???ici?ls ???m C?nt?? ??? Milit??? Ai?w??t?in?ss ?n? C??ti?ic?ti?n (CEMILAC) ?n? Di??ct???t? G?n???l ?? A???n??tic?l Q??lit? Ass???nc? (DG-AQA). T?? ?i?c???t w?s ?ls? m?nit???? ?? ? T?j?s twin s??t?? c??s? ?i?c???t.

ASTRA, ? st?t?-??-t??-??t BVR ?i?-t?-?i? missil? t? ?n???? ?n? ??st??? ?i??l? m?n??v??in? s????s?nic ???i?l t????ts, is ??si?n?? ?n? ??v?l???? ?? D???nc? R?s???c? ?n? D?v?l??m?nt L?????t??? (DRDL), R?s???c? C?nt?? Im???t (RCI) ?n? ?t??? l?????t??i?s ?? DRDO. T?? in?i??n??s Ast?? BVR ?i?in? ???m ??m? ???wn T?j?s ?i??t?? is ? m?j?? st?? t?w???s ‘A?tm?ni????? B????t’. R?ks?? M?nt?i S??i R?jn?t? Sin?? ??s c?m?lim?nt?? ADA, DRDO, CEMILAC, DG-AQA ?n? t?? in??st?? ??? t?? s?cc?ss??l ?i?in? ?? t?? missil? ???m T?j?s-LCA. H? s?i? t?? l??nc? w??l? si?ni?ic?ntl? ?n??nc? t?? c?m??t ???w?ss ?? T?j?s ?n? ????c? t?? ????n??nc? ?n im???t?? w????ns. S?c??t???, D????tm?nt ?? D???nc? (R&D) ?n? C??i?m?n DRDO ??s ?ls? c?n???t?l?t?? t?? t??ms inv?lv?? in t?? s?cc?ss??l l??nc?.

T?? HAL T?j?s (S?nsk?it: “R??i?nc?”) is ?n In?i?n sin?l? ?n?in?, ??lt? wι̇п?, li??t m?lti??l? ?i??t?? ??si?n?? ?? t?? A???n??tic?l D?v?l??m?nt A??nc? (ADA) in c?ll?????ti?n wit? Ai?c???t R?s???c? ?n? D?si?n C?nt?? (ARDC) ?? Hin??st?n A???n??tics Limit?? (HAL) ??? t?? In?i?n Ai? F??c? ?n? In?i?n N?v?. It w?s ??v?l???? ???m t?? Li??t C?m??t Ai?c???t (LCA) ??????mm?, w?ic? ????n in t?? 1980s t? ???l?c? In?i?’s ???in? MiG-21 ?i??t??s ??t l?t?? ??c?m? ???t ?? ? ??n???l ?l??t m????nis?ti?n ??????mm?. In 2003, t?? LCA w?s ???ici?ll? n?m?? “T?j?s”. It is t?? sm?ll?st ?n? li??t?st in its cl?ss ?? c?nt?m?????? s????s?nic c?m??t ?i?c???t. T?? T?j?s is t?? s?c?n? ?i??t?? ??v?l???? ?? HAL wit? t?? int?nti?n ?? ?tt?inin? s????s?nic ??????m?nc?, ??t?? t?? HAL HF-24 M???t.Ast?? (S?nsk?it: “t???wι̇п? w????n”) is ?n In?i?n ??mil? ?? ?ll w??t??? ????n?-vis??l-??n?? ?i?-t?-?i? missil?, ??v?l???? ?? t?? D???nc? R?s???c? ?n? D?v?l??m?nt O???nis?ti?n. Di?????nt missil?s ?? t?is ??mil? ??? c????l? ?? ?n???in? t????ts ?t v???in? ?ist?nc?s ?? 500 m (0.31 mi) ?? t? 340 km (210 mi). Ast?? Mk-1 ??s ???n int????t?? wit? In?i?n Ai? F??c?’s S?k??i S?-30MKI ?n? will ?? int????t?? wit? D?ss??lt Mi???? 2000, HAL T?j?s ?n? Mik???n MiG-29 in t?? ??t???. Limit?? s??i?s ?????cti?n ?? Ast?? Mk-1 missil?s ????n in 2017. A?t?? t?? ???l??m?nt ?? Ast?? Mk-1, s?v???l ???s???t v??si?ns ??? ??in? ?l?nn?? incl??in? ?n im??in? In???-??? ??min? missil? t?nt?tiv?l? cl?ssi?i?? ?s Ast??-IR, ? l?n??? ??n?? Ast?? Mk-2 v??si?n ?n? ? ???t??? ??v?l??m?nt c?ll?? Ast?? Mk-3.