Tuesday 25 November 2025 - 07:22
Astra as a Replacement: India’s Bid to Capture the Market for Russia’s R-77
At the Dubai Airshow 2025, India officially unveiled and promoted its domestically developed Astra Mk1 air-to-air missile as a substitute for Russia’s R-77. This move comes at a time when many traditional buyers of Russian arms — including Algeria, Egypt, Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Serbia — have faced long delays and non-delivery of R-77-1 missiles since 2023.
