New Delhi, Aug. 25 -- India has "successfully" conducted the maiden flight tests of an Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IADWS) off the coast of Odisha, demonstrating its growing military capabilities in the face of an evolving regional security scenario. The flight tests of the new air defence system came three-and-half months after Operation Sindoor.
The IADWS is a multi-layered air defence system consisting of indigenous quick reaction surface-to-air missiles (QRSAM), very short range air defence system (VSHORADS) missiles and a high power laser based directed-energy weapons (DEW) system, according to the Defence Ministry.
The indigenous air defence system was flight-tested 1230 hours off the coast of Odisha on Saturday. Under the ...