Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM)

About Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile:

• This weapon system also called the ‘Abhra’ Weapon System is a state-of-the-art medium-range air defence weapon system.
• It is a joint venture of DRDO and Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) and is produced at Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL).
• It is designed to destroy hostile aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and drones at a 70km range.

 

What is a BrahMos Missile?

• It is a joint venture of India and Russia which makes supersonic cruise missiles
• It has a speed of 2.8 Mach or about three times the speed of sound.
• The missiles can be launched from a range of platforms such as submarines, ships, aircraft, or land.
• BrahMos Aerospace is also developing the BrahMos NG, a compact version of the missile.

 

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Q1) What is a Submarine?

Submarine is a naval vessel that is capable of propelling itself beneath the water as well as on the water’s surface. This is a unique capability among warships, and submarines are quite different in design and appearance from surface ships.

Source: Indian Navy successfully test-fires indigenous surface-to-air missile from INS Visakhapatnam: officials