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66. ASTRA (BEYOND VISUAL RANGE AIR-TO-AIR MISSILE)

Astra is a BVR Air-to-Air Missile having high Single Shot Kill Probability (SSKP), and is very reliable.

It is an all aspect, all weather missile with active Radar terminal guidance.

It has excellent ECCM features, smokeless propulsion and process improved effectiveness in multi-target scenarios.

It can be launched in both autonomous and buddy mode operation with features for lock-on before

launch (LOBL) and lock-on after launch (LOAL).