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IAF test fires air-to-air missiles ahead of Rafale integration

Acquired from France, MICA is an all weather missile system available in both short and medium ranges. Represent ative Rafale-14  Image Amid a protracted stand-off along the LAC, the Indian Air Force (IAF) has accomplished a secret mission by conducting several rounds of air-to-air missiles that have recently been acquired from France and Russia from a frontline fighter aircraft off Odisha coast. Defence sources said anti-air multi-target MICA missile fired from Sukhoi-30 MKI for the first time successfully destroyed expendable aerial targets (EATs), demonstrating its stealth capabilities. Ahead of the planned integration with multi-role combat aircraft Rafale, the IAF test fired two rounds of Beyond Visual Range (BVR) air-to-air missile MICA on Monday and Tuesday. #WATCH : Five #Rafale jets in the Indian airspace, flanked by two Su-30MKIs (Source: Raksha Mantri's Office) pic.twitter.com/hCoybNQQOv — ANI (@ANI) July 29, 2020 The fighter aircraft took off from Kalaikunda airbase ...