HYDERABAD: India has test-fired its Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QRSAM) off the Odisha coast. The test firing of the missile twice was successfully, according to sources. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed the missile for the armed forces and the missile, in particular, will be of use to the Indian army.

The missile has a strike range of 30 km. The APJ Abdul Kalam Research Centre Imarat (RCI) which is the missile avionics laboratory in Hyderabad was involved among other DRDO institutions like BEL in developing the missile. Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) in Hyderabad produced the missile.

QRSAM has already been tested four times in the past with two tests conducted in 2017 itself. In the latest test-firing that was done, DRDO conducted it twice on the same day.

The test-firing of the QRSAM on Tuesday, coming it is, on the day the Indian Air Force (IAF) targeted terror hideouts in Pakistan, also could be indicative of the preparedness of the country to counter any retaliation from across the border. QRSAM is capable of tracking enemy aircraft and also firing.

