DRDO successfully test-fired MRSAM missile

• The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on March 27, 2022 conducted two successful flight tests of the Indian Army version of the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.

• The flight tests were conducted as part of live firing trials against high-speed aerial targets.

• This MRSAM variant is jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel for use by the Indian Army.

• The first launch was to intercept a medium-altitude long-range target and the second was to prove the capability of a low-altitude short-range target.