An indigenously developed man-portable and low weight anti-tank guided missile was successfully tested on wednesday by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The missile will be manufactured for the Army. The Ministry of Defence said the success of the missile trial has boosted the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat' campaign of Central government.

The missile will be useful to strengthen the Indain Army's combat capabilities. The Defence Ministry in a statement said the missile can be launched from a  man-portable launcher and targets a mimicking tank. The statement further adds that the missile hit the target with precison an destroyed it.


"The successful test brings the development of low weight missile close to completion," the ministry said. Defence minister Rajnath Singh congratulated all the stakeholders and the DRDO involved in the missile project.


DRDO on Tuesday,  indigenously developed an alloy which has high-strength beta titanium useful for manufacturing intricate components for aerospace applications.  "Some of the components may be forged from this titanium alloy include landing gear, slat/flap tracks and drop link in landing gear  and others," the ministry said in a statement.

The excellent forgeability with high strength-to-weight ratio of the titanium alloy facilitates manufacturing of intricately configured components for aerospace applications with good potential and less weight, it noted. The beta titanium alloy contains iron, vanadium and aluminium along with titanium which can used by many developed nations to replace "relatively heavier traditional Ni-Cr-Mo structural steels to reduce weight," the statement said.

The ministry's Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) has recognised over 15 steel components that can be replaced by the beta titanium alloy.

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