India test fires surface-to-air missile developed with Israel
The ballistic missile is four-metre-long and has a strike-range from 50 to 70 km.
BALASORE (Web Desk) - India on Thursday successfully test fired a new, developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off the Odisha coast, reported Times of India.
The medium range missile (MR-SAM) was successfully test launched from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, a Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) official said.
"The test launch was a grand success and it met all the targets," he said.
The system includes a Multi Functional Surveillance and Threat Alert Radar (MF STAR) for detection, tracking and guidance of the missile, they said.
"The missile along with MF-STAR will provide the users with the capability to neutralise any aerial threats," said a DRDO scientist.
The ballistic missile is four-metre-long and has a strike-range from 50 to 70 km.
With the collaboration of Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), the missile has been jointly developed by Indian Defence Research Development Laboratory (DRDL) and a laboratory of DRDO in Hyderabad.
