India test fires quick reaction missile from Odisha Coast

Surjit kumar Dhal, Bhubaneswar, Feb 26: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Tuesday successfully test fired Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) from Chandipur in Balasore even as the nation was celebrating air strike by Indian Air Force on Jaish e Mohammad’s terror camp.

The missiles were fired from a rotatable truck-based launch unit.

The all-weather, all-terrain missile with electronic counter measures can be mounted on a truck and stored in a canister.

The missile is also capable of tracking.

The sleek and highly mobile air defence system QRSAM uses solid-fuel propellant and has a range of 25-30 km and can be used as an anti-sea skimmer from a ship against low flying attacking missiles.

The state-of-the-art missile, which can destroy multiple targets at a distance of 15 km, will supplement the medium range surface-to-air missile ‘Akash’.