India, Israel successfully test Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile defence system

India and Israel have successfully tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence system jointly developed by two countries in a boost to ir combat capabilities aimed at providing ultimate protection from enemy aircraft. test was conducted last week at an Indian facility and validated all components of weapons system, a press release by Israel Aero Industries (IAI) on Tuesday said. MRSAM is an vanced path-breaking air and missile defence system that provides ultimate protection against a variety of aerial platforms. Defence experts say that it can shoot down enemy aircraft at a range of 50-70 kms.

Jointly developed by IAI and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in partnership with or defence companies in Israel and India, MRSAM is being used by all three wings of Indian army and also Israel Defence Forces (IDF). system includes an vanced phased-array rar, command and control, mobile launchers and interceptors with vanced RF seeker.

"MRSAM Air & Missile Defense System is a cutting edge, invative system that once again has proven its vanced capabilities against a variety of threats. Every trial in an air defence system is a complex operational event and COVID-19 limitations significantly increase complexity," Boaz Levy, IAI’s President and CEO, said.

"This trial is yet ar testimonial to strong partnership between IAI and India and two nations. IAI is proud to le this impressive cooperation with DRDO and Indian forces and is dedicated to its continued success," Levy said.

Israeli specialists and Indian scientists and officers participated in and witnessed test, leing Israeli defence industry said. flight test demonstrated different extreme reference scenarios, validating various system capabilities, it stressed. "As part of test, MRSAM interceptor was launched from a land-based mobile launcher and successfully hit its threats. scenario began by targeting threat detected by Systems digital MMR Rar and launched MRSAM interceptor toward its operational trajectory. interceptor acquired target, and successfully intercepted it," press statement ted. "All weapon system’s elements met test goals successfully," it said.