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The Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO), which has been working on a variety of
missiles for the Indian armed forces, announced
that the missile was launched from a conducted
from a canister in a ground launch mode and that
the firing was “text book perfect.”
The test was conducted at the Interim Test Range
in Orissa in the Bay of Bengal, where it hit a
predefined target.
DRDO Spokesman Ravi Gupta said that all the Radar
Stations, Telemetry Stations, Electro-Optical
Stations along the East Coast tracked and monitored
all the mission parameters. So did some ships
located near the target to witness the final event.
The Missile reached the target “within few
meters accuracy,” he said.
The Shourya Missile is equipped with multiple
advanced computing systems, very high accuracy
navigation and guidance systems.
DRDO Chief Controller Avinash Chander congratulated
all the scientists and employees of DRDO and other
establishments.
Director DRDL P Venugoplalan, Director ITR SP
Dash, Director SPIC Satish Kumar and Programme
Director AK Chakravarti monitored all the preparatory
operations. Project Director A Joseph and his
team prepared the missile and conducted the launch
flawlessly.
The missile, which is meant to give the Indian
Army a credible second-strike capability, was
first tested from the same defence base 12 Nov
2008.
The developmental flight trial of the missile
system is a part of the ongoing technology development
work undertaken by the country's Defence Research
and Development Organisation (DRDO).
The missile has a unique feature of simplicity
of operation and maintenance. It can be easily
handled, transported and stored within the canister
for longer shelf life.
The high manoeuvrability of the missile makes
it less vulnerable to available anti-missile defence
systems, sources said.
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