DRDO-Israel Aerospace Industries missile hits aerial targets
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has conducted two successful flight tests of the India-Israel version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MRSAM) which intercepted the aerial targets and destroyed them completely, registering direct hits at both the ranges.
The MRSAM version, a Surface-to-Air Missile developed jointly by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) for use by the Indian Army, was tested from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha, on 27 March 2022.
The flight tests were carried out as part of the live firing trials against high-speed aerial targets.
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.
The MRSAM Army weapon system comprises multi-function radar, mobile launcher system and other vehicles.
The flight tests were carried out with the weapon system in deliverable configuration, said DRDO.
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. fiinews.com
