India today successfully test fired its two indigenously-developed surface-to-air 'Akash' missiles of Air Force version with a strike range of 25 km from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha.

ITR Director M V K V Prasad said two Air Force version Akash missiles were test-fired from the ITR in quick succession. He said both
the trials were successful and met all the mission objectives.

The anti-aircraft missiles, with a strike range of 25 km and capable of carrying warhead of 60 kgs, were test fired from a mobile launcher at launch complex-III of the ITR.