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India's defence sector has seen major progress over 12 years: PM Modi

India's defence sector has seen major progress over 12 years: PM Modi

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that India’s defence capabilities have witnessed significant transformation over the last decade, guided by the vision of self-reliance and powered by innovation, technology, and indigenous manufacturing. PM Modi took to ‘X’ with the hashtag ‘#12YearsOfSurakshitBharat’ and said, “India’s defence capabilities have witnessed significant transformation over the last decade, guided by the vision of self-reliance and powered by innovation, technology, and indigenous manufacturing. India’s defence capabilities have witnessed significant transformation over the last decade, guided by the vision of self-reliance and powered by innovation, technology and indigenous manufacturing. This thread gives a glimpse of the strides India has made in the defence sector… https://t.co/FPCjacoX34 — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 17, 2026 “PM Modi also shared a thread by ‘MyGovIndia’, which gives a glimpse of the strides India has made in the defence sector over the last 12 years.MyGovIndia said, “The future belongs to nations that invest early in capability, technology, and resilience.  India’s defence journey over the last 12 years offers a compelling example of this principle in action. …

India-Made New Generation Akash Missile Successfully Flight Tested In Odisha

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The system performance was also validated through the data captured by a number of radars. Balasore (Odisha): India on Friday conducted a successful flight test of the new generation AKASH missile from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha, officials said. The flight test was conducted by DRDO against a high-speed unmanned aerial target at very low altitude. During the flight test, the target was successfully intercepted by the weapon system and destroyed, they said. Next Generation Akash missile successfully flight tested from ITR , Chandipur off the coast of Odisha today at 10:30hrs against a high speed unmanned aerial target at very low altitude. @[email protected]/ShRNi4dfAj — DRDO (@DRDO_India) January 12, 2024 “It has validated the functioning of the complete weapon system consisting of the missile with indigenously developed Radio Frequency Seeker, Launcher, Multi-Function Radar and Command, Control & Communication system”, the officials said. The system performance was also validated through the data captured by a number of radars, telemetry and electro-optical tracking system deployed by ITR, Chandipur. The flight test …