Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile system

In News: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army have successfully completed six flight-tests of Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system.

• All the mission objectives were met establishing pin-point accuracy of the weapon system with state-of-the-art guidance and control algorithms including warhead chain.

Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system

• It is a short-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system.
• Designed and developed by DRDO to provide a protective shield to moving armoured columns of the Army from enemy aerial attacks.
• QRSAM is a canister-based system – stored and operated from specially designed compartments.
• The system is capable of detecting and tracking targets on the move and engaging targets with short halts.

• Can operate on the move with search and track capability & fire on short halt
• The entire weapon system has been configured on mobile and is capable of providing air defence on the move.
• It has a range of 25 to 30 km.
• It also consists of two radars – Active Array Battery Surveillance Radar and Active Array Battery Multifunction Radar – with one launcher.
• Both radars have 360-degree coverage with “search on move” and “track on move” capabilities.
• The system uses a single-stage solid propelled missile and has a mid-course inertial navigation system with two-way data link and terminal active seeker developed indigenously by DRDO.

Source: PIB

Previous Year Questions

Q.1) With reference to the Agni-IV Missile, which of the following statement(s) is/are correct? (2014)

1. It is a surface-to-surface missile.
2. It is fuelled by liquid propellant only.
3. It can deliver a one-tonne nuclear warhead about 7500 km away.

Select the correct answer using the codes given below.

1. 1 only
2. 2 and 3 only
3. 1 and 3 only
4. 1, 2 and 3