QR-SAM test-fired from Chandipur in Odisha

Ayaskant Das Published On : Jun 4, 2017 at 7:13 PM

Odisha Sun Times Bureau
Bhubaneswar, Jun 4:

India today successfully test fired Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QR-SAM) from the launch complex-1 of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha.

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According to reports, the indigenous missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher vehicle at 12.39 pm.

This is for the first time QR-SAM was being test fired. This comes two day after nuclear-capable Prithvi-II missile was test-fired from here.

Notably, QR-SAM is a truck-mounted from where canisters are fitted with a 360 degree rotatable, electro-mechanically operated, turret-based launch unit. It is capable of launching canisterised missiles from uneaven grounds with slopes of upto 5 degrees.

The automatic high speed development system can hit the targets at ranges of about 30 km with two vehicle configuration for Area Air Defence.

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