¿Conocían el misil indio ASTRA?
Fuente:
Astra BVRAAM
Es un misil BVR con un alcance máximo de 80 km diseñado para equipar a... cha chan, cha chan... IAF's Mirage 2000, MiG-29, Su-30MKI
"Robert Hewson, editor of Jane's Air Launched Weapons (JALW), in a March 2003 issue of Jane's Defence Weekly (JDW) stated, "The basic Astra design uses a metallic airframe with a long low aspect-ratio wing and a single-stage smokeless rocket motor. After launch, the missile will use a combination of inertial mid-course guidance and/or data-linked targeting updates before it enters its terminal acquisition phase. In a head-on engagement, the Astra will have a maximum range of 80 km. The missile's onboard radio-frequency seeker has been largely designed in India but incorporates a degree of outside assistance, according to DRDO sources. It will have an autonomous homing range of 15 km. The missile's warhead is a pre-fragmented directional unit, fitted with a proximity fuze. A radar fuze already exists for the Astra, but the DRDO is currently working on a new laser fuze."
Especificaciones (Specifications)
• Length: 3570 mm
• Body Diameter: 178 mm
• Wing Span: Not Known
• Launch Weight: 154 kg
• Air Launcher Weight: 60 kg
• Launch Altitude: Sea level (minimum) to 20 km (maximum).
• Launch Speed: 0.6 to 2.2 Mach.
• Warhead: 15 kg pre-fragmented, high explosive, directional warhead.
• Propulsion: One solid rocket motor.
• Burn Time: 5.4 seconds.
• Range: 80 km head on, 20 km tail chase.
• Maximum Turning Acceleration: 40 Gs (Yaw & Pitch)
• Fuse: Radar Proximity (laser proximity to follow).
• Guidance: Inertial midcourse with data-linked updates, active-radar terminal homing.
