India rides high as SFDR based missile test successful

IN yet another technological accomplishment, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the final round test of the solid fuel ducted ramjet (SFDR) propulsion-based missile system from a defence facility off Odisha coast on Friday.

- HEMANT KUMAR ROUT @ Bhubaneswar

The indigenously developed missile system was test fired from a static launcher at the launching complex-III of the integrated test range (ITR).

This was the third successful mission involving three different classes of missiles with indigenous technologies in a month.

Defence sources said the missile powered by SFDR met all mission objectives, validating the advanced propulsion system and several other critical components.