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Air defence system tested successfully
Gulf News
|August 25, 2025
INTEGRATED SYSTEM CAN COUNTER A WIDE SPECTRUM OF AERIAL THREATS
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The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully carried out the maiden flight tests of the Integrated Air Defence Weapon System (IAD-WS), Defence Minister Rajnath Singh announced yesterday.
The tests were conducted at 12.30pm on Saturday, off the coast of Odisha.
Sharing the achievement on X, Rajnath Singh said, “IADWS is a multilayered air defence system comprising all indigenous Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM), Advanced Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) missiles and a high power laser-based Directed Energy Weapon (DEW).”
Rajnath congratulates DRDO
This story is from the August 25, 2025 edition of Gulf News.
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