Air-to-Air Missile Digest

摘要

This digest provides a compilation of short reports on two categories of air-to-air missiles: legacy systems which may still be in service but are no longer in production, and future programs which are under discussion but have not yet received enough funding to merit a full report. The Astra is an Indian air force effort to locally develop an active radar guided beyond visual range missile. The program has been undertaken by the Defence Research and Development Laboratories in Hyderabad. The original concept was a missile similar to the French Super 530D but with a longer fuselage.