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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army have successfully completed six flight-tests of the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur off the Odisha coast.
About Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM)
- It is a short-range Surface to Air Missile (SAM) system, primarily designed and developed by the DRDO to provide a protective shield to the moving armoured columns of the Army from aerial attacks.
- It is equipped with state-of-the-art guidance and control algorithms including warhead chains.
- The uniqueness of the QRSAM weapon system is that it can operate on the move with search and track capability and fire on a short halt.
- Data captured by range instruments like telemetry, radar and Electro Optical Tracking Systems (EOTS) were used to confirm the system performance.
