{"id":89370,"date":"2019-12-24T15:53:39","date_gmt":"2019-12-24T10:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/factly.forumias.com\/?p=12525"},"modified":"2019-12-24T15:53:39","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T10:23:39","slug":"quick-reaction-surface-to-air-missile-successfully-flight-tested-off-odisha-coast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/quick-reaction-surface-to-air-missile-successfully-flight-tested-off-odisha-coast\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile successfully flight-tested off Odisha coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system has been successfully flight-tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the Odisha coast.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Facts:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About QRSAM:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).<\/li><li>The missile is equipped with indigenously developed phased array radar, inertial navigation system, data link and radio frequency seeker.<\/li><li>The missile uses uses solid-fuel propellant and has a range of around 25-30 km.<\/li><li>The missile is an all weather weapon that is capable of tracking firing with precision.It is also capable of engaging in multiple targets.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Significance of the missile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>India is placed at a geographical location where it has hostile neighbours such as Pakistan and China.<\/li><li>Hence,it was important to develop another missile system rather than relying on a single Air defence system like Akash.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Additional information:<\/strong><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About Akash missile:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Akash is a medium range Surface-to-air missile with multi-target engagement capability.The missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).<\/li><li>The missile has a strike range of 25 km.It can reach an altitude of 18 km and can be fired from both tracked and wheeled platforms.<\/li><li>The missile is capable of neutralizing advanced aerial targets and in striking down enemy fighter jets and drones effectively.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system has been successfully flight-tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the Odisha coast. Facts: About QRSAM: Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). The missile is equipped with indigenously developed phased array radar, inertial navigation&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/quick-reaction-surface-to-air-missile-successfully-flight-tested-off-odisha-coast\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile successfully flight-tested off Odisha coast<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1760],"tags":[6423,6817],"class_list":["post-89370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polity-and-nation","tag-akash-missile","tag-qrsam","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704895008},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89370\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}