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Home | Hyderabad | India Successfully Launches Medium Range Surface To Air Missile

India successfully launches Medium Range Surface to Air Missile

Army version of MRSAM is a surface to Air Missile developed jointly by DRDO and IAI of Israel for use of the Indian Army.

By Telangana Today
Published Date - 08:46 PM, Wed - 23 December 20
India successfully launches Medium Range Surface to Air Missile
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Hyderabad: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) achieved a major milestone today with the maiden launch of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM), the Army Version from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Coast of Odisha on Wednesday evening. The missile completely destroyed a high speed unmanned aerial target which was mimicking an aircraft with a direct hit.

Army version of MRSAM is a surface to Air Missile developed jointly by DRDO and IAI of Israel for use of the Indian Army. MRSAM Army weapon system comprises of Command post, Multi-Function Radar and Mobile Launcher system. The complete Fire Unit has been used during the launch in the deliverable configuration. The team from the users i.e. Indian Army also witnessed the launch. Number of range instruments such as Radar, Telemetry and Electro-Optical Tracking System were deployed and captured the complete mission data, validating the weapon system performance including the destruction of the target.


Defense Minister Rajnath Singh lauded the efforts of DRDO and associated team members involved in the mission and said that India has attained a high level of capability in the indigenous design and development of advanced weapon systems.

Secretary Dept. of Defence R&D and Chairman, DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy congratulated the DRDO community for successfully demonstrating the performance of the MRSAM Army weapon system registering direct target hit in its maiden launch. He also lauded the efforts of the entire team in realizing the system within record time and meeting the committed schedule.

 


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