India successfully test fires anti-radiation missile Rudram-1

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ India on Friday successfully test fired a new generation anti-radiation missile which will be part of the tactical weaponry of the Indian Air Force, officials said.

The missile, Rudram-1, is India’s first indigenously developed anti-radiation missile that has speed of Mach two or twice the speed of sound.

The missile is likely to be integrated with the Sukhoi fighter jets of the Indian Force once the missile is ready for induction, the officials said.

The missile was test-fired at the integrated test range at Balasore in Odisha around 10:30 AM, officials said. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation on successful test firing of the missile.