<p>New Delhi: India conducted three successful flight tests of a very short-range air defence missile system at Rajasthan's Pokhran firing ranges.</p><p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Army for the flight tests of the fourth-generation VSHORADS (Very Short-Range Air Defence System) missiles.</p><p>"The @DRDO_India has successfully conducted three flight tests of the 4th Generation, technically advanced miniaturized weapon system VSHORADS, from Pokhran," Singh's office said on 'X'.</p>.<p>Singh said this new missile, equipped with modern technologies, will give further technological boost to the armed forces against aerial threats, it said.</p><p>VSHORADS is a man-portable air defence system designed and developed indigenously by Research Centre Imarat (RCI) in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Indian industry partners.</p><p>The missile incorporates many novel technologies including a miniaturised reaction control system (RCS) and integrated avionics which have been successfully proven during the tests, the ministry said in a statement. </p>
<p>New Delhi: India conducted three successful flight tests of a very short-range air defence missile system at Rajasthan's Pokhran firing ranges.</p><p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Saturday congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Army for the flight tests of the fourth-generation VSHORADS (Very Short-Range Air Defence System) missiles.</p><p>"The @DRDO_India has successfully conducted three flight tests of the 4th Generation, technically advanced miniaturized weapon system VSHORADS, from Pokhran," Singh's office said on 'X'.</p>.<p>Singh said this new missile, equipped with modern technologies, will give further technological boost to the armed forces against aerial threats, it said.</p><p>VSHORADS is a man-portable air defence system designed and developed indigenously by Research Centre Imarat (RCI) in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Indian industry partners.</p><p>The missile incorporates many novel technologies including a miniaturised reaction control system (RCS) and integrated avionics which have been successfully proven during the tests, the ministry said in a statement. </p>