2 He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of India's first aeronautical test range. 3 DRDO officials said the test range has been completed with a budget of Rs 290 crore. In a veiled attack at Pakistan, Union Defence Minister Arun Jaitley today said that India's defence preparedness should always be optimal as "we have a neighbour who for almost seven decades has perpetuated a security threat as far as India is concerned". India's first aeronautical test range (ATR) set up for testing unmanned and manned aircraft being developed locally at Challakere, 250 kms from Bengaluru, in Karnataka. DRDO officials said that the test range has been completed with a budget of Rs 290 crore.

Source: India Today May 28, 2017 17:03 UTC