Resourcesat 2A will be launched by the powerful XL version of India’s indigenous Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle later this summer.

India has successfully test launched a new medium range surface-to-air missile in a latest effort to secure the country’s skies from enemy fighter aircraft and neutralize aerial attacks.

An Indian air force (IAF) Su-30MKI has flown for the first time carrying the 2,500-kg (5,500-lb.) Indo-Russian BrahMos supersonic missile.