Hey Ankit!! Astra is an active radar homing beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) and is Smallest Missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), India.

Specifications Details of this Missile:

Weight 154 kg

Length 3570 mm

Diameter 178 mm

Warhead 15 kg (33 lb) HE fragmentation directional warhead


Detonation mechanism: Radar proximity fuse

Engine Solid Fuel Rocket

Wingspan 254 mm

Operational range
80 km in head on chase
20 km in tail chase

Flight ceiling 66,000 ft

Speed Mach 4.5+

Guidance system
Inertial, mid-course update and terminal active radar homing (15 km)

Launch platform
Su-30MKI (ongoing trials).
HAL Tejas (expected),
Dassault Rafale (expected),
HAL AMCA (expected)
Sukhoi/HAL FGFA (expected),
Mirage 2000 (expected) and
MiG-29UPG (expected)