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DRDO successfully flight tests Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile off Odisha coast DRDO
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DRDO successfully flight tests Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile off Odisha coast

India Blooms News Service | @indiablooms | 27 Mar 2022, 05:29 pm

New Delhi: India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful flight tests of the Indian Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) at Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Sunday.

The flight tests were carried out as part of the live firing trials against high-speed aerial targets.

The missiles intercepted the aerial targets and destroyed them completely, registering direct hits at both the ranges, read a statement isued by the Indian government.

The first launch was to intercept a medium altitude long range target and second launch was for proving the capability of a low altitude short range target.

This MRSAM version is a Surface-to-Air Missile developed jointly by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel for use by the Indian Army.

The MRSAM Army weapon system comprises multi-function radar, mobile launcher system and other vehicles. T

The flight tests were carried out with the weapon system in deliverable configuration.

The performance of the weapon system was validated through the flight data captured by range instruments like radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry deployed by ITR, Chandipur.

The flight tests were carried out in the presence of senior officials from DRDO and Indian Army.

 Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh has congratulated DRDO, Indian Army and the Industry for the successful flight tests of MRSAM-Army.

He said, both the successful tests establish the capability of the weapon system in intercepting targets at critical ranges.

Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy complimented the teams involved in the successful flight trial of the Army version of MRSAM and stated that these tests are the major milestones for an ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’.