Indian Air Force conducts exercise with dummy bombs
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
New Delhi, April 15, IRNA
India-Air Force
Honing their capabilities, Indian Air Force fighter pilots Friday used dummy bombs to hit targets towed by a pilotless target aircraft on the eastern coast, defense sources told Press Trust of India.
The Pilotless Target Aircraft (PTA), Lakshya, was first flown from the Interim Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur at 11:20 am with a tow body as the target.
A fighter aircraft which took off from an air base in neighboring West Bengal, then hit the target with a dummy bomb twenty-five minutes later.
A similar exercise had been undertaken in the same area last Monday.
Defense sources said this exercise was aimed at sharpening the striking capability of IAF fighter pilots.
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::IRNA No.018 15/04/2005 13:37 --End
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