India test-fires Surface to Air-Missile from Chandipur in Odisha

Question: Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM) is which type of missile test fired from Chandipur in Odisha?
(a) Surface to Air-Missile
(b) Surface to surface-Missile
(c) Air to Air-Missile
(d) Air to surface-Missile
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • On 4th August, 2019, India successfully test-fired its all weather tracked-chassis Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM) from a mobile launcher at Launch Complex III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha.
  • It was the second developmental trial of the missile in this year from the same test range.
  • Jointly developed by Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and Bharat Electronics Ltd, the QR-SAM weapon system is a quick reaction, network-centric missile system capable of search-on-the-move.
  • QR-SAM system can also engage multiple targets within a range of around 25 to 30 km with two vehicle configuration for area air defence. It is a truck-mounted missile with a 360 degree rotatable, electro-mechanically operated, turret-based launch unit.
  • The missile intended to defend Army formations operating in plains and semi-desert areas, was required to engage all kinds of targets, including aircraft at altitudes up to 9 kilometers, hovering helicopters, missiles up to 800 meters per second and low-flying targets, including those that suddenly appear at close range.

Links:
http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=India-test-fires-Surface-to-Air-Missile-from-Chandipur-in-Odisha&id=369634
https://www.indiatoday.in/science/story/india-successfully-test-fires-quick-reaction-surface-to-air-missile-1577132-2019-08-04
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/india-test-fires-quick-reaction-surface-to-air-missile/articleshow/70520608.cms