India on Sunday test-fired a sophisticated all-weather andall-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test range inOdisha.
The state-of-the-art missile has been developed by theDefence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the India Army.
The air defence system, QRSAM, was test-fired at 11.05 amfrom a mobile truck-based launch unit at complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range(ITR) at Chandipur near here, DRDO sources said.
The all-weather and all-terrain missile, which can bemounted on a truck and stored in a canister, is equipped with electroniccounter measures against jamming by aircraft radars, they said.
QRSAM uses solid-fuel propellant and has a range of 25-30km, the sources said.
The first trial of the QSRAM was conducted on June 4, 2017.
On February 26, 2019, two rounds of trials were successfullycarried out on the same day.
The two missiles were tested for different altitude andconditions. The test flights had successfully demonstrated their aerodynamics,propulsion, structural performance and high manoeuvring capabilities, thesources added.