AKASH MK 1S
- DRDO has successfully test-fired AKASH-MK1S missile from ITR, Chandipur.
AKASH MK 1S
- It is an upgrade of existing AKASH missile with indigenous Seeker.
- The Akash weapon system has a combination of both command guidance and active terminal seeker guidance.
- The medium range multi-target engagement capable missile was developed as part of the Integrated
- Guided-Missile Development Programme (IGMDP) other than Nag, Agni, Trishul, and Prithvi missiles.
HOW DO SEEKER MISSILES WORK? HOW ARE THEY USED?
- The seeker’s head is technically a suite of extremely sensitive and expensive sensors that pick up on infrared light.
- The missile in itself cannot really ‘See’ its target – it can’t differentiate between a hot air balloon and an F-35, it just sees the track that the target it has locked on makes.
NOTES
For example, this is how a jet fighter would look like from an IR-homing missile’s point of view:
INTEGRATED GUIDED-MISSILE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (IGMDP)
- The project started in 1982–83 under the leadership of Abdul Kalam who oversaw its ending in 2008 after these strategic missiles were successfully developed.
NOTES
Four projects, to be pursued concurrently, were born under the IGMDP:
1. Short range surface-to-surface missile (code-named Prithvi)
2. Short range low-level surface-to-air missile (codenamed Trishul)
3. Medium range surface-to-air missile (code-named Akash) and
4. Third-generation anti-tank missile (code-named Nag).
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