Operation Sindoors Hidden Prize: India Reverse-Engineers Chinese Missile To Power Astra Mark-2
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has initiated a large-scale effort to modernise its domestically developed Astra Mark-2 air-to-air missile project by adopting advanced technology discovered in a Chinese missile that was picked up whole on Indian territory. The discovery was the result of a close examination of an unexploded Chinese PL-15E beyond-visual-range air-to-air…