Question: India recently test fired a surface-to-air missile ‘Spyder’. What does the word ‘spyder’ stand for?
(a)Surface-to-air PYthon and DERby
(b)Surface-to-air PAnther and DERby
(c)Surface-to-air PYthon and SPyder
(d)None of the above
Ans (a)
Related facts:
- On May 11, 2017, India successfully test fired a surface-to-air missile ‘Spyder’ from a test range in Odisha as part of missile launch practice of a series of tests of the short-range quick reaction.
- Spyder was test fired from a mobile launcher at launch complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur.
- It targeted a pilot-less target aircraft.
- Spyder (Surface-to-air PYthon and DERby) is an acquired missile system from Israel.
- It is a short-range, quick reaction surface-to-air missile.
- It can be used to neutralise enemy targets up to a distance of 15 km and at height between of 20-to-9,000 metres.
- However, it is shorter than India’s indigenously developed surface-to-air ‘Akash’ missile, which has a 25 km strike range.
Reference:
http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/spyder-surface-to-air-missile-test-fired/1/951712.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/spyder-surface-to-air-missile-test-fired/story-vQYdhN692MsDKZ3JsDMPXI.html
http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/india-test-fires-spyder-surface-to-air-missile-from-odisha-test-range/664547/