<p>India on Monday successfully test-fired its Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system, likely to be inducted into the armed forces by 2021, from a base off Odisha coast.</p>.<p>The missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was flight-tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at 1145 hrs, a defence statement said.</p>.<p>The QRSAM was flight-tested with full configuration in deployment mode intercepting the target mid-air, meeting the mission objectives, it said.</p>.<p>"The entire event was monitored by ground telemetry systems, range radar systems and electro optical tracking system," the statement said.</p>.<p>The QRSAM weapon system, which operates on the move, comprises fully automated command and control, active array battery surveillance radar, active array battery multifunction radar and launcher.</p>.<p>Both the radars are four-walled having 360-degree coverage with search on move and track on move capability, it said.</p>.<p>Director General (Missiles and Strategic Systems), MSR Prasad was present during the trial.</p>.<p>With this mission, the developmental trials of the weapon system have been successfully completed and it is expected to be ready for induction by 2021, the Defence statement said.</p>
<p>India on Monday successfully test-fired its Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system, likely to be inducted into the armed forces by 2021, from a base off Odisha coast.</p>.<p>The missile, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was flight-tested from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here at 1145 hrs, a defence statement said.</p>.<p>The QRSAM was flight-tested with full configuration in deployment mode intercepting the target mid-air, meeting the mission objectives, it said.</p>.<p>"The entire event was monitored by ground telemetry systems, range radar systems and electro optical tracking system," the statement said.</p>.<p>The QRSAM weapon system, which operates on the move, comprises fully automated command and control, active array battery surveillance radar, active array battery multifunction radar and launcher.</p>.<p>Both the radars are four-walled having 360-degree coverage with search on move and track on move capability, it said.</p>.<p>Director General (Missiles and Strategic Systems), MSR Prasad was present during the trial.</p>.<p>With this mission, the developmental trials of the weapon system have been successfully completed and it is expected to be ready for induction by 2021, the Defence statement said.</p>