India & Israel successfully test MRSAM air defence system
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- India and Israel successfully tested a Medium-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MRSAM) defence system.
- The MRSAM missile defence system has been developed jointly by DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) to deal with airstrikes by enemy countries.
- Currently being used by all three wings of the Indian Army as well as Israel Defence Forces (IDF), the air and missile defence system was a joint venture of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the IAI.
- MSRAM air defence system can destroy enemy aircraft from a distance of 50 to 70 km.
Source: Zee News
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Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO
- The Defence Research and Development Organisation is an agency of the Government of India, charged with the military's research and development.
- Chairman: Dr G Satheesh Reddy
- Headquarters : New Delhi
- Motto: बलस्य मूलं विज्ञानम्; "Strength's Origin is in Science" (Sanskrit)
- Founded: 1958
- Minister : Rajnath Singh, Minister of Defence
- Subsidiaries: Gas Turbine Research Establishment, Defence Scientific Information and Documentation Centre