{"id":10554,"date":"2026-04-30T02:57:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:27:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/drdo-navy-conduct-maiden-salvo-launch-of-2-anti-ship-missiles-from-chopper-off-odisha-coast-india-news\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T02:57:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T21:27:58","slug":"drdo-navy-conduct-maiden-salvo-launch-of-2-anti-ship-missiles-from-chopper-off-odisha-coast-india-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/drdo-navy-conduct-maiden-salvo-launch-of-2-anti-ship-missiles-from-chopper-off-odisha-coast-india-news\/","title":{"rendered":"DRDO, Navy conduct maiden salvo launch of 2 anti-ship missiles from chopper off Odisha coast | India News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-articlebody=\"1\"><video-embed value=\"false\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"ihgno clearfix  \">\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130617821,imgsize-6138,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/anti-ship-missile-helicopter-launch.jpg\" alt=\"DRDO, Navy conduct maiden salvo launch of 2 anti-ship missiles from chopper off Odisha coast\" title=\"Anti-ship missile helicopter launch\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Ta7d_ img_cptn\"><span title=\"Anti-ship missile helicopter launch\">Anti-ship missile helicopter launch<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>New Delhi: In a boost to Indian Navy\u2019s anti-ship warfare capabilities, Defence Research &amp; Development Organisation (<a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/drdo\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">DRDO<\/a>) and Navy on Wednesday successfully launched naval anti-ship missile-short range (NASM-SR) from a helicopter platform in Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast. <!-- -->During the trial, two missiles were launched in quick succession from the same helicopter, making it the first salvo launch of an advanced air-launched anti-ship missile system, the defence ministry said.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"5\"\/>NASM-SR is India\u2019s first indigenous air-launched anti-ship missile. It features advanced, low-level sea-skimming, has a range of 55 km and supports fire-and-forget operation in all weather conditions and at all hours.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"9\"\/>All test objectives were fully met as per data captured using various range-tracking instruments like radar, electro-optical system and telemetry deployed by Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, the ministry said. Along with proving salvo launch capability, the missiles demonstrated waterline hit capability (ability to precisely strike a target vessel at or just below the waterline).<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"11\"\/>Complimenting DRDO, Navy, IAF and the industry for the successful launch, defence minister Rajnath Singh said that \u201cdevelopment of this missile will further enhance the capabilities of the defence forces\u201d.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>The test launch was witnessed by senior scientists from DRDO, representatives from Navy and IAF and development-cum-production partners.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"15\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/india\/drdo-navy-conduct-maiden-salvo-launch-of-2-anti-ship-missiles-from-chopper-off-odisha-coast\/articleshow\/130617824.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Anti-ship missile helicopter launch New Delhi: In a boost to Indian Navy\u2019s anti-ship warfare capabilities, Defence Research &amp; Development Organisation (DRDO) and Navy on Wednesday successfully launched naval anti-ship missile-short range (NASM-SR) from a helicopter platform in Bay of Bengal off Odisha coast. During the trial, two missiles were launched in quick succession from the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10555,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[299],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest-news"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/banitoday.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}