Astrashakti 2023

India demonstrated the firepower of the indigenous Akash missile system during the recent exercise ‘Astrashakti 2023’.

Astrashakti - It literally means power of weapons.
It is an air force exercise that held at Suryalanka Air Force Station in Andhra Pradesh.
Aim – To serves as a platform to showcase the advanced capabilities of indigenous weapon systems.
To underscore India's commitment to exporting its home-grown weapon systems to the global market.
Demonstrations of SAMAR – Successful firing trials of SAMAR air defence missile
Demonstration of Akash firing unit – A single firing unit of Akash weapon system simultaneously engaged and destroyed 4 unmanned aerial targets.
- Firing Level Radar (FLR) – It detects and tracks the target.
- Firing Control Centre (FCC) – It process the information.
- 2 Akash Air Force Launcher (AAFL) – It has 5 armed missiles, at 1^st 2 Akash missiles were launched and the same launcher was assigned for next 2 targets.
- Thus all 4 targets were successfully engaged at maximum range (around 30 km) simultaneously.

India become the 1^stcountry to demonstrate the capability of engaging 4 targets simultaneously at such ranges by command guidance using a single firing unit of Akash weapon system.

SAMAR (Surface to Air Missile for Assured Retaliation)

It is an air defence system developed by a unit under IAF’s Maintenance Command.
Features – It consists of a twin turret launch platform with the capability of launching 2 missiles in single and salvo mode.
It can engage aerial threats with missiles operating at a speed range of 2 to 2.5 Mach.

Akash weapon system

It is one of the indigenous defence systems that have bagged orders from international customers.
Designed and developed by – DRDO
Produced by – Defence PSU along with other industries.
Deployed by – Indian Air Force and the Indian Army
Export potential – It may get more orders from Southeast Asia and the Middle East.

According to data by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India has been the world's largest arms importer since 1993. But in 2022, India clinched a deal with Philippines to export Brahmos supersonic cruise missile.

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