Tatsat Chronicle Magazine

Bay of Bengal

ABHYAS

DRDO Test Fires ABHYAS

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully flight-tested Abhyas—High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Bay of Bengal in Odisha. The performance of the aircraft at low altitudes, including sustained level
India’s coastline

Going Underwater

India’s coastline is slowly, but surely, being swallowed up by the sea. The east coast is under greater threat, and at some points along the Bay of Bengal the coastline is receding by as much as 20 metres every year. Though about