New Delhi: In a boost to India’s maritime strike capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy on Wednesday successfully conducted the maiden salvo launch of the short-range naval anti-ship missile system.
The salvo launch was carried out from the Navy’s helicopter platform off the coast of the Bay of Bengal in Odisha. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh complimented the DRDO, the Navy, the Indian Air Force and industry partners involved in the project for the successful trial of the Naval Anti-ship Missile-Short Range (NASM-SR).
“During the trial, two missiles were launched in quick succession from the same helicopter, making it the first salvo launch of an advanced air-launched anti-ship missile system,” the Defence Ministry said.
It said all test objectives were fully met as per the data captured using various range tracking instruments like radar, electro-optical system and telemetry deployed by the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. The NASM-SR missile uses a solid propulsion booster and long-burn sustainer. The ministry said all critical subsystems were developed indigenously by different laboratories of DRDO and Indian
industries. The missile system has been developed by Hyderabad-based Research Center Imarat in collaboration with several other DRDO laboratories.
