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DRDO, Indian Army test successfully Surface to Air Missiles

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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army have successfully completed six flight-tests of Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) system from Integrated Test Range (ITR) Chandipur off the Odisha coast. The flight tests were conducted as part of evaluation trials by the Indian Army.

The flight-tests were carried out against high-speed aerial targets mimicking various types of threats to evaluate the capability of the weapon systems under different scenarios, including long range medium altitude, short range, high altitude manoeuvring target, low radar signature with receding & crossing target and salvo launch with two missiles fired in quick succession. The system performance was also evaluated under day and night operation scenarios.

During these tests, all the mission objectives were met establishing pin-point accuracy of the weapon system with state-of-the-art guidance and control algorithms including warhead chain. The performance of the system has been confirmed from the data captured by a number of Range instruments like Telemetry, Radar and Electro Optical Tracking Systems (EOTS) deployed by ITR. Senior officials from DRDO and the Indian Army participated in the launches.

These tests were conducted in the final deployment configuration consisting of all indigenously-developed sub-systems, including the missile with indigenous Radio Frequency (RF) seeker, mobile launcher, fully automated command and control system, surveillance and multi-function Radars. The uniqueness of the QRSAM weapon system is that it can operate on the move with search and track capability & fire on short halt. This has been proven during the mobility trials conducted earlier.

Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has complimented DRDO and Indian Army on the successful flight trials. He exuded confidence that the QRSAM weapon system will be an excellent force multiplier for the Armed Forces.

Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO has congratulated the teams associated with the successful series of trials and said that the system is now ready for induction into the Indian Army.

Sridevi’s failed wish

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Sridevi has long dreamed about seeing her daughter Jahnvi Kapoor’s upcoming film “Dhadak”, starring Shahid Kapoor’s brother Ishaan Khatter and produced by Karan Johar, but will not be there when the film hits screens on July 20.

Sridevi, who was media-shy by nature, kept her daughters away from the glare of media and paparazzi until her elder daughter Jahnvi turned 14 years. Soon, she took it upon herself to give a big push to her daughter’s arangetram in Bollywood and left no stone unturned.

After almost a decade of silence, Sridevi made a come-back when she announced in 2011 her film with Gauri Shinde’s “English Vinglish” and the aptly styled film to her age has made her pave the way for her daughters’ entry into the film field that is getting crowded and competitive.

On family front too, Sridevi remained a solid guide, friend and philosopher to her two daughters and never missed even one occasion to seek blessings for them.

On the sidelines of acting for Tamil film ‘Puli’, she took time off to visit Kalahasti, a temple town for Shiva and known for performing Naga Sarpadosha puja. Accompanied by her daughter Jhanvi, she performed puja three years ago seeking blessings for her daughter’s foray into the filmfield.

Herself a daughter of an erstwhile Telugu actress Rajeswari, who had acted in Telugu and Tamil films, Sridevi knew how her career was shaped by her mother from her childhood at the age of four. Her devotion to her mother remained her tied to Switzerland for long when her mother breathed her last and that was the time, she was helped by friend Boney Kapoor whom she married later.

Like many Bollywood mothers, Sridevi concentrated on her children and never left them stranded in strained relations like many teenagers undergo. It was also because of her children’s future that Sridevi returned to camera and made an impactful “English Vinglish”, followed by “Mom”, truly reflecting the role of motherhood in both films.

Keen on her daughter Jhanvi’s debut film “Dhadak”, Sridevi remained the master-planner for her daughter’s foray into the Bollywood and never let any weak plot or budget constraints come in the way. She had reportedly told her daughter to keep an eye only on acting and never go beyond into relationships with co-star Ishaan.

But fate has different path for the legend Bollywood actress and the mother. Now Jhanvi and Sridevi’s second daughter Kushi have to muster courage to face the challenges without their mother, though their father may be there to help them. Mother is mother and Sridevi has taken care of her mother and her children but not her own health.

Perhaps a good break for her daughter Jhanvi with the release of “Dhadak” in July will make her dream come true.