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India's Surface to Air Akash missile was cleared by the Government today for induction into the Armed forces after a series of trials in the last few days successfully proved the weapon's "kill capability."

The induction came close on the heels of successful firing of the long range surface to surface nuclear capable missile Agni and strides in indigenous development of an anti-missile system.

An official announcement here said a series of user trials of the missile over the last days at the Interim Missile Test Range in Balasore in Orissa had been " fully successfull" demonstrating the weapon's intended objective.

"The evaluation of the missle has been completed and the weapon system is now available for indigenoous production," Sitanshu Kar, the Defence Ministry spokesman said.

" The missile system is uniquely configured and customised for Indian Air Force and Indian Army", the spokesman said in significant remarks clarifying that Indian defence scientists had now managed to rectify flaws in the missile.

The success of the Akash came as a shot in the arm for the scientists of the Defence Research and Development Organisation(DRDO), which successfully test fired for the second time the 3,000 kms range surface to surface Agni-III missile and an indigenous interceptor missile, which is planned to be turned into a Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) system