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QRSAM

9th September, 2022 EXTRA TOPIC OF THE DAY

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  • Flight tests of the Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system were performed from Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur, Odisha coast.
  • The flight tests were conducted by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Army.
  • The tests were carried out against high-speed aerial targets parodying various types of threats to evaluate the capability of the weapon systems under diverse scenarios.
  • The performance was also evaluated under day and night operation scenarios. The performance has been demonstrated from the data captured by several Range instruments like Telemetry, Radar and Electro-Optical Tracking Systems (EOTS).
  • The QRSAM weapon system can operate on the move with search and track capability and fire on short halt.

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