Flight-Tests of Advanced VSHORADS System
In February 2025, Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully conducted three flight tests of VSHORADS.
- The tests were carried out from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha against high-speed unmanned aerial targets.
- Earlier, in October 2024, three successful flight tests of the system were conducted at Pokhran Field Firing Range, Rajasthan.
- VSHORADS stands for “Very Short-Range Air Defence System” and is a man-portable air defence system (MANPADS).
- It is a fourth-generation, technologically advanced and miniaturised missile system designed for short-range air defence.
- The system is launched using a man-portable ground-based launcher, enabling mobility and quick deployment.
- It is designed ....
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