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The indigenous Tejas fighter has been cleared to carry the Python-5 short-range air-to-air missile The DRDO announced on Wednesday
This announcement by the DRDO is believed to be the first acknowledgment of the integration of the Python-5 missile on an Indian Air Force fighter. Talk of the Python-5 being offered to the Indian Air Force had been going for several years
The Python-5 is the second air-to-air missile of Israeli origin that will be integrated on the Tejas fighter. The first was the Derby medium-range air-to-air missile. Both weapons are made by the Israeli defense company Rafael. While the Derby is a radar-guided weapon thought to have a range of over 50km, the Python-5 is an infra-red guided missile that 'homes in' on the heat signature of a target. The Python-5 is believed to have a range of at least 20km
According to the official of DRDO, Tejas added the 5th generation Python-5 air-to-air missile in its air-to-air weapons capability on Tuesday. Trials were also aimed to validate the enhanced capability of already integrated Derby beyond-visual-range AAM on Tejas, The official said, the test-firing at Goa completed a series of missile trials to validate the performance of the aircraft under extremely challenging scenarios.
the official said the Derby missile achieved a direct hit on a high-speed maneuvering aerial target, and the Python missiles also achieved 100 percent hits, thereby validating their complete capability. The trials met all their planned objective

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