{"id":170610,"date":"2025-02-28T15:31:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:01:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=170610"},"modified":"2025-02-28T15:31:05","modified_gmt":"2025-02-28T10:01:05","slug":"india-successfully-test-fires-naval-anti-ship-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/india-successfully-test-fires-naval-anti-ship-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"India Successfully Test Fires Naval Anti-Ship Missile"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>India has successfully carried out the test-firing of a novel Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) from Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. The missile was launched from an Indian Naval Seaking helicopter and showcased its precision strike capability. This event marks a crucial milestone in enhancing India\u2019s defense and naval warfare capabilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Successful Missile Test at Chandipur<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with the Indian Navy, conducted the test at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur. The Defence Ministry announced that the missile successfully struck its target, a small ship, while in sea-skimming mode at its maximum range. This successful flight test highlighted India&#8217;s advancements in missile technology, especially in naval warfare systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Features of the Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Naval Anti-Ship Missile \u2013 Short Range (NASM-SR)<\/strong>&nbsp;is an indigenously developed missile system designed to&nbsp;<strong>engage and destroy enemy warships<\/strong>. Some of its key features include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Man-in-Loop Feature:<\/strong>\u00a0The missile allows in-flight retargeting by transmitting live images back to the pilot.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Sea-Skimming Mode:<\/strong>\u00a0It flies at a low altitude close to the sea surface to evade enemy radar detection.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Indigenous Imaging Infra-Red Seeker:<\/strong>\u00a0This enables precise target acquisition and terminal guidance.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>High Bandwidth Two-Way Datalink System:<\/strong>\u00a0Ensures real-time communication between the missile and the pilot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The successful test of&nbsp;<strong>NASM-SR<\/strong>&nbsp;is a major boost for India\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>maritime defense capabilities<\/strong>. This missile system is expected to be deployed on&nbsp;<strong>Indian Navy helicopters and warships<\/strong>, significantly enhancing their ability to&nbsp;<strong>neutralize enemy naval assets<\/strong>. The missile\u2019s&nbsp;<strong>precision strike capability<\/strong>&nbsp;will improve the Navy\u2019s offensive strength in&nbsp;<strong>oceanic warfare scenarios<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India has successfully carried out the test-firing of a novel Naval Anti-Ship Missile (NASM-SR) from Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha. The missile was launched from an Indian Naval Seaking helicopter and showcased its precision strike capability. This event marks a crucial milestone in enhancing India\u2019s defense and naval warfare capabilities. Successful Missile Test at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"featured_media":170619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[5359],"tags":[530,1102],"class_list":["post-170610","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current-affairs-february-2025","tag-defence-research-and-development-organisation","tag-drdo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170610","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170610"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170620,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170610\/revisions\/170620"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}