Target Destroyed in Direct Hit: India Test-Fires SRAM Off Odisha Coast

As per DRDO, the target was destroyed by the missile in a direct hit.

Balasore: In a good news for the country’s defence sector, India on Sunday test-fired an Army version of the medium range surface to air missile (MRSAM) from Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Odisha, the DRDO said. The missile was test-fired at 10.30 AM validating long-range parameters, it said.

“MRSAM-Army missile system flight tested from ITR Balasore at around 1030 Hrs intercepting a high speed aerial target at long range. The target was destroyed by the missile in a direct hit,” Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tweeted.

“The system is part of the Indian Army. In the test, the missile secured a direct hit at the target at a very far off distance,” DRDO officials said.

(With agency inputs)