QUICK REACH SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILES (QRSAM)

Feb. 27, 2019

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired Quick Reach Surface-to-Air missiles (QRSAM) from ITR Chandipur, off the Odisha Coast.

About: 

  • The missile, which has a strike range of about 30 km, is capable of killing multiple aerial targets, tanks and bunkers. 

  • The missile has been indigenously developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). 

  • The success came hours after the India Air Force launched strikes on terror camps in Pakistan's Balakot, eliminating "a very large number" of terrorists and their trainers. 

Source : PIB

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