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

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Last Updated28/03/2022

The tests, conducted at the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha, were carried out as part of the live firing trials against high-speed aerial targets.
The first test was to intercept a medium-altitude, long-range target and the second against a low-altitude, short-range target.
The missiles intercepted the targets and destroyed them completely, registering direct hits at both ranges.

It is an advanced network centric combat Air Defence System.
It is a high response, quick reaction, vertically launched supersonic missile, designed to neutralize enemy aerial threats- missiles, aircraft, guided bombs, helicopters.
It was jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) in collaboration with Indian industry consisting of private and public sectors as well as MSMEs.
It comprises multi-function radar, mobile launcher system, and other vehicles.
It is a 4.5m long surface-to-air missile.
Range: 70km
Speed: Mach 2
It is powered by a dual-pulse solid propulsion system developed by DRDO.
It is a land-based configuration of the long-range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) or Barak-8 naval air defence system
In February 2009, a contract for the MRSAM initiative was signed.
The recent flight tests were carried out with the weapon system in deliverable configuration.

It comprises Missiles, Mobile Launcher Systems (MLS), Combat Management System (CMS), Advanced Long-Range Radar, Reloader Vehicle (RV), Mobile Power System (MPS), Radar Power System (RPS), and Field Service Vehicle (FSV).

It provides point and area air defence for ground assets against a wide range of threats including fighter aircraft, UAVs, helicopters, guided and unguided munitions, subsonic & supersonic cruise missiles etc.
It is capable of engaging multiple targets at ranges up to 70 kms in severe saturation scenarios.
In this way it will help in countering major threats to the country which are eminent from neighbouring nations.