27.11.2004, 15:34
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By AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE, BHUBANESHWAR, INDIA
India successfully test-fired a short-range surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile on Nov. 26, from a site in the eastern state of Orissa, defense sources said.
The missile, named Akash which means Sky in Hindi, was fired from a mobile launcher at the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site, northeast of the Orissa state capital of Bhubaneswar.
“It successfully hit the target” attached to a target aircraft, one source said.