December 23, 2019 7:24 PM

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Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile flight-tested

<span style="color: #222222;">Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile, QRSAM system developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO was successfully flight-tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the Odisha coast today.<br />''<br />''The missile was flight-tested with the full configuration in deployment mode intercepting the target mid-air, meeting the mission objectives.<br />''<br />''The entire event was monitored by Ground Telemetry Systems, Range Radar Systems, Electro-Optical Tracking System etc.<br />''<br />''The QRSAM weapon system, which operates on the move, comprises of fully automated Command and Control System, Active Array Battery Surveillance Radar, Active Array Battery Multifunction Radar and Launcher.<br />''<br />''Both radars are four-walled having 360-degree coverage with a search on move and track on move capability.<br />''<br />''The system is compact with a minimum number of vehicles for a firing unit. The single-stage solid propelled missile has a midcourse inertial navigation system with two-way data link and terminal active seeker developed indigenously by DRDO.<br />''<br />''The missile successfully engaged the aerial target establishing its capability. Director General (Missiles and Strategic Systems) MSR Prasad was present during the trial.<br />''<br />''With this mission, the developmental trials of the weapon system are successfully completed and the weapon system is expected to be ready for induction by 2021.<br />''<br />''Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy have congratulated the teams involved in the flight trials and development of QRSAM.</span><br />

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