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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Air-to-Surface Missile
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Air-to-Air Missile
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Surface-to-Air Missile
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Surface-to-Surface Missile
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Detailed explanation-1: -Detailed Solution. The correct answer is Air-to-Air Missile. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), successfully test-fired the 5th generation Python-5 missile from Tejas aircraft, at Goa. The Python-5 missile is an Air-to-Air missile (AAM).
Detailed explanation-2: -Tejas, India’s indigenous Light Combat Aircraft, added the 5th generation Python-5 Air-to-Air Missile (AAM) in its air-to-air weapons capability on April 27, 2021.
Detailed explanation-3: -Python-5 is a fifth-generation air-to-air missile (AAM) manufactured by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It is the newest member in the range of Python AAMs. The missile can engage enemy aircraft from very short ranges and near beyond visual range.
Detailed explanation-4: -Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful maiden flight-test of Phase-II Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) interceptor AD-1 missile with large kill altitude bracket from APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha on November 02, 2022.
Detailed explanation-5: -India successfully test-fires Brahmos missile.