Surface to air missile Akash inducted into armed forces on May 5th, 2015
Q. The Indian Army on 5th May’15 inducted the first regiment of the indigenously-developed Akash missile capable of up to a range of 25 km. Akash Missile is the ______ system.- Published on 13 May 15a. Surface to Surface Missile
b. Air to Air Missile
c. Surface to Air Missile
d. Water to Surface Missile
ANSWER: Surface to Air Missile
Akash Missile is able to target a multitude of aerial threats of upto a range of 25 km. Akash has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and is being built by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL). It was originally planned as part of the five missiles under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme initiated in 1984.