Final Production Batch of LRSAM Missiles Flagged Off
Long Range Surface-To-Air Missile (LRSAM), developed by DRDO and integrated by BDL, was flagged off at DRDL, A P J Abdul Kalam Missile Complex.
The Missile is powered by indigenously developed dual- pulse rocket motor and dual control system to impart required manoeuvrability at the terminal phase. Hyderabad: The final production batch of Long Range Surface-To-Air Missile (LRSAM), designed and developed by DRDO in collaboration with various industry partners and integrated by BDL, was flagged off at DRDL, A P J Abdul Kalam Missile Complex here on Sunday. The event was held in the presence of G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Development and DRDO Chairman and Rear Admiral V Rajasekhar, Director, Defence Machine Design Establishment, a Defence release said. LRSAM has been jointly developed by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries to equip the latest ships of the Indian Navy. The LRSAM Missile system can provide point and area defence against various aerial targets including fighter aircraft, subsonic and supersonic cruise missiles, it said. The Missile is powered by indigenously developed dual- pulse ro…