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Celestial Missiles
The Vedic Astras are Celestial Missiles. These are supernatural weapons, presided over by a specific deity and imbued with the spiritual divine, saintly, supremely good, ethereal, godly, godlike, spiritual, blessed, blissful, and hellish beyond-visual-range guided airborne weapons. In both Ramayana and Mahabharata, these used by amazing warriors like  Parashurama, Rama, Lakshmana, Indrajit, Ravana, Krishna, Bhishma, Drona, Karna, Arjuna, Aswathama, and several archers.

To summon or use an Astra required the use of a specific incantation or invocation. The deity invoked would then endow the weapon with supernatural powers, making it impossible to counter through regular means. Specific conditions existed involving the usage of Astras, the violation of which could be fatal. Because of the power involved, the knowledge involving an Astra was passed in the Guru-Shishya tradition from a Guru (teacher) to a Shishya (pupil) by word of mouth alone, and only following the establishment of the student's character. Certain Astras had to be handed down from the deity involved directly, knowledge of the incantation being insufficient.

These arrows are capable of self-propelled flight explosive devices. There are five types, air-to-air, air-to-surface, surface-to-air, anti-ship, and antitank, or assault. Ballistic missiles are most often categorized as short-range, medium-range, intermediate-range, and intercontinental ballistic missiles...Sivkishen Ji, Author