Indian Shoulder-Fired Missiles: In light of the extensive need for shoulder-fired air defense missiles, the Indian Army will receive the Indigenous shoulder-fired missiles from DRDO for user trials after testing.
The Indian Army and Air Force have required the Defence Research and Development Organization to develop Very Short Range Air Defence missiles to combat aerial targets such as fast-moving drones, fighter aircraft, and helicopters in border areas.
According to defence officials speaking to ANI, DRDO wants to test the indigenous tripod-fired short-range air defence missile at high altitudes in hilly areas like Ladakh or Sikkim.
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The missile system will be given to the users for their testing and evaluations following the successful conclusion of the trials, they stated.
The missile system has demonstrated the ability to lock onto and destroy targets at long and short ranges.
According to the officials, the short-range targeting problems have been resolved, and the system is developing gradually.
Indian military forces, under the command of the Indian Army, have been attempting to make up for the lack of various very short-range air defense missile types in their inventory.
The Indian Army is making headway in two instances valued at Rs 6,800 crore toward the domestic development of Very Short Range Air Defence (VSHORAD) systems in the face of a deficiency of shoulder-fired missiles to counter attacks from the air by China and Pakistan.
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While the Igla 1M VSHORAD missile system was inducted in 1989 and scheduled for de-induction in 2013, the present VSHORAD missiles in the Army and Air Force inventory are all outfitted with lR homing guidance systems.
