- Successful Test-Firing: The Indian Navy recently conducted a successful test-firing of the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) from the INS Surat warship in the Arabian Sea.
- Air Defence System: MR-SAM is an air defence missile system designed to neutralize aerial threats.
- Threats Neutralised: Capable of intercepting missiles, aircraft, guided bombs and helicopters
- Quick Reaction: It is a high-response, quick-reaction missile system.
- Joint Development: Developed jointly by India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israel Aerospace Industries.
- Production: Produced at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).
- System Components: Includes command and control system, tracking radar, missiles, and mobile launcher systems.
- Mobile Launcher: Transports, emplaces, and launches up to eight canisterised missiles.
- Firing Modes: Can fire missiles in single or ripple firing modes from a vertical position.
- Missile Specs: 4.5 m long, weighs 276 kg, equipped with canards and fins.
- Advanced Features: Has advanced active radar RF seeker, rotating phased array radar, and bidirectional data link.
- Propulsion: Powered by a dual-pulse solid propulsion system developed by DRDO, enabling a maximum speed of Mach 2.
- Range: Can engage multiple targets simultaneously at a range of 70 km.