New Delhi: India on Tuesday successfully conducted the second test flight of the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) System at around 1542 hrs from the Chandipur Integrated Test Range in Odisha.
In the second flight-test, the QRSAM System tracked the target accurately and successfully neutralised the airborne target.
“The test was carried out once again, against the high-performance Jet Unmanned Aerial Target called Banshee, which simulates an aircraft,” the Defence Ministry said in a statement.
The Radars acquired the target from a long range and tracked it till the mission computer automatically launched the missile. Continuous guidance was provided through Radar data link. Missile entered the terminal active homing guidance and reached the target close enough for proximity operation of warhead activation, the statement further said.
The flight test was conducted in the deployment configuration of the weapon system comprising of Launcher, fully Automated Command and Control System, Surveillance System and Multi Function Radars.
The QRSAM weapon system, which can operate on the move, consists of all indigenously developed subsystems and had met all objectives of the test. The launch was carried out in the presence of the users from Indian Army.
