DRDO successfully tests VSHORADS missile

• The VSHORADS missile have been successfully tested at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha.

• The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) conducted two successful tests of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missile in Odisha recently.

• The VSHORADS is a man portable air defence system (MANPADS) designed and developed by DRDO in collaboration with the Indian industry partners.

• It was developed by DRDO’s Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imarat (RCI) along with other DRDO facilities and private entities.

• This missile is capable of neutralizing low-altitude aerial threats at short range.

• It is designed in way that the missile can be easily moved from place to place.

• This missile integrates numerous novel technologies, including a miniaturized Reaction Control System and integrated avionics.