DRDO successfully flight-tests advanced version of Shaurya ballistic missile
03 Oct 2020
India today successfully test-fired an advanced version of the Shaurya surface-to-surface nuclear-capable ballistic missilethat can strike targets at a range of around 800 km.
Shaurya is the latest missile test-fired by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, which has lately flight-tested a slew of missiles, including a laser-guided anti-tank guided missile as well as the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile.
Shaurya will complement the existing class of missile systems in the country tests amid heightened tensions with China along the Line of Control (LAC).
The Shaurya missile can strike targets at a range of around 800 kilometres, and will complement the existing class of missile systems.
“It will be lighter and easier to operate,” official sources said.
In the final phase of its course, the missile moves at hypersonic speeds while moving close to its target, the sources further said.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation has lately carried out a slew of missile tests amid heightened tensions with China along the Line of Actual Control.
The DRDO on Tuesday tested an indigenously developed laser-guided anti-tank guided missile in Maharashtra’s Ahmednagar, the second such successful test firing of the missile in the last 10 days. The missile has a range of up to 5 kms.
The missile was fired from an MBT Arjun Tank at KK Ranges in Armoured Corps Centre and School (ACC&S) in Ahmednagar.
“The ATGM employs a tandem heat warhead to defeat explosive reactive armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles in ranges from 1.5-5 km,” the defence ministry said.
The ATGM was developed with a capability to launch from multiple launch pads and is currently in the process of technical evaluation trials from the 120-mm rifled gun of MBT Arjun. The Arjun is a 3rd-Gen battle tank developed by the DRDO.
The DRDO also, on Wednesday, successfully test-fired an extended range supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, which is capable of striking targets with precision at a range of more than 400 kms.
This was the second time the extended range version of the BrahMos was tested with indigenously developed airframe and booster.