India successfully test-fires two more surface-to-air missiles off Odisha coast

The Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles were test-fired from the Integrated Test Range launch pad-III at Chandipur.

March 30, 2022 02:06 pm | Updated 02:09 pm IST - Balasore (Odisha)

A video grab of the flight test of Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile off the Odisha coast, taken on March 27, 2022.

A video grab of the flight test of Army version of Medium Range Surface to Air Missile off the Odisha coast, taken on March 27, 2022. | Photo Credit: DRDO

India on Wednesday, March 30, 2022, flight-tested two more rounds of Medium Range Surface to Air Missiles off the Odisha coast, DRDO sources said.

The MRSAMs were test-fired from the Integrated Test Range launch pad-III at Chandipur near here before noon, they said.

The tests were successful, the sources said.

On Sunday, too, two Army-version MRSAMs were test-fired from the ITR.

The district administration of Balasore shifted people residing nearby to a camp ahead of the test.

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