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India Successfully Tests Surface To Air Missile
India on Saturday successfully tested a domestically developed surface-to-air missile at a coastal range in the eastern state of Orissa, a defence official said. The Akash missile was fired from the Chandipur-on-Sea testing site, 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar, the official said on condition of anonymity. The 700-kilogramme (1,540 pound) Akash, which can track 100 targets simultaneously with onboard radar, can move at a speed of 600 metres (yards) a second and deliver a 55-kilogram warhead across 27 kilometres in 50 seconds. It was the fourth test of the Akash missile this year. The missile is one of five being developed by India's state-run Defence Research and Development Organization, which launched a project in 1983 to build an array of missiles. It hopes to cap the programme with a ballistic missile with a range of 5,000 kilometres. Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan, who came close to war in 2002 but whose relations have warmed since, frequently test fire missiles. Related Links SinoDaily Search SinoDaily Subscribe To SinoDaily Express 
Alcoa To Produce Aluminum Castings For Tactical Tomahawk Missile Program
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 02, 2005Alcoa has announced that its Alcoa Forged Products and Aluminum Castings business has signed a five-year contract with Klune Industries, a supplier of finish-machined parts to prime contractor Raytheon, to manufacture high-strength aluminum structural castings for the U. S. Navy's Tactical Tomahawk missile. The contact is valued at nearly $30 million. |
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