Astra is India's first Beyond-Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile indigenously designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). It is designed to be integrated with various Indian fighter aircraft like Sukhoi Su-30 MKI, Mirage 2000, Tejas, and MiG-29.
It is not a surface-to-surface missile. 62. India's first Beyond-Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile indigenously designed & developed by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) is :
Asked in RPSC RAS Prelims 2018 · Topic: Missile Systems and Strategic Weapons-Ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-ballistic missiles (India's Indigenous Missile Development Programs (e.g., Agni, Prithvi, BrahMos, Akash))
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Answer: C. Astra
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