The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) have successfully conducted flight tests of the indigenously developed RudraM-II Air-to-Surface Missile from an airborne platform.
The tests were conducted under extreme release conditions with a critical trajectory, establishing the capability of all subsystems. Ministry of Defence said that the missiles, after release, were guided to a predefined target with pinpoint accuracy. All the test objectives were fully met, as confirmed by the flight data captured by various range instruments deployed by Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh lauded the efforts of DRDO, Indian Air Force, Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Development-cum-Production Partners and industry stakeholders for the achievement. He said the successful tests demonstrate the growing maturity of indigenous defence technologies and mark a significant step towards Aatmanirbharta in advanced weapon systems.
