India’s first test of anti-ship desi naval missile is successful
The Defence Research and Development
Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy on Wednesday 18 May successfully conducted
the maiden flight-test of indigenously-developed Naval anti-ship missile
launched from a Naval helicopter from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur
off the coast of Odisha, DRDO sources said.
The mission met all
its objectives.
It
is the first indigenous air launched anti-ship missile system developed for the
Navy, they said. The missile followed the desired sea skimming trajectory and
reached the designated target with high degree of accuracy, validating the
control, guidance and mission algorithms, they said.
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday
launched two frontline warships of the Navy. The ships, INS Surat and INS
Udaygiri, were launched at the Mazagon Docks Limited in Mumbai.
