INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRES MISSILE SYSTEM SFDR BOOSTER

(The Quiver): Scripting yet another milestone, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) on Friday successfully flight tested Solid Fuel Ducted Ramjet (SFDR) booster at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

Official sources said, the SFDR based propulsion enables missiles to intercept aerial threats at very long range and at supersonic speeds.

Performance of the system has been confirmed from data captured by a number of range instruments like Telemetry, Radar and Electro-Optical Tracking Systems deployed by the ITR.

The test successfully demonstrated the reliable functioning of all critical components involved in the complex missile system and met all the mission objectives, the DRDO said in a release.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO for the successful trial of SFDR. Singh termed it as an important milestone towards development of critical missile technologies in the country.