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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian anti-aircraft missile}}<br />
{{Infobox weapon<br />
| is_missile = yes<br />
| name = VSHORAD<br />
| image = <br />
| image_size = <br />
| caption = VSHORAD <br />
| origin = India<br />
| manufacturer = Adani Defence and Aerospace <br />
| type = {{ubl|[[Short Range Air Defense|Short-range Air Defense (SHORAD)]]|[[Man-portable air-defense system|Man-portable air-defence system (MANPADS)]]}}<br />
| designer = [[DRDO]]<br />
| unit_cost = <br />
| propellant = <br />
| production_date = <br />
| service = under development<br />
| engine = [[Booster (rocketry)|Booster]] and dual thrust smokeless solid [[propellant]]<br />
| engine_power = <br />
| weight = {{cvt|20.5|kg}}<br />
| length = {{convert|2.00|m}}<br />
| height = <br />
| diameter = {{cvt|90|mm}}<br />
| wingspan = {{cvt|32|cm}}<br />
| speed = [[Mach number|Mach]] 1.5<br />
| vehicle_range = {{cvt|250|m |feet}} – {{cvt|6|km|feet}}<br />
| ceiling = <br />
| altitude = {{cvt|3,500|m}}<br />
| filling = {{cvt|2.0|kg}}<br />
| guidance = Dual waveband infra-red<br />
| detonation = Adaptive [[proximity fuze]]<br />
| launch_platform = Tripod, weapon platform<br />
}}<br />
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'''VSHORADS''' is a Indian [[Man-portable air-defense system|man-portable air-defense system (MANPADS)]] designed by the [[DRDO]]. It designed for [[anti-aircraft warfare]] and neutralizing low altitude aerial threats at short ranges.<br />
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==Development== <br />
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The Indian army has been using IGLA-M since 1980s. The system today is not well suited for evolving modern threats. In the year 2018, Russia’s Rosoboronexport came out victorious and was believed to supply $ 1.3 bn IGLA-S missile system to the Indian Army.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian Army to get Russian VSHORAD missile system for air defence |url=https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/indian-army-to-get-russian-vshorad-missile-system-for-air-defence/1387621/ |access-date=2022-11-14 |website=Financialexpress |language=en}}</ref>The IGLA-S systems under the Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) deal is still pending and under review by the Defence Ministry to reduced arm import and promote [[Make in India|Make In India]]. However, The Indian Army has inducted a small number of IGLA-S systems bought from Russia under emergency procurement.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Peri |first=Dinakar |date=2022-04-02 |title=Army inducts Russian MANPADS |language=en-IN |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/army-inducts-igla-s-shoulder-fired-air-defence-systems-from-russia/article65284695.ece |access-date=2022-11-14 |issn=0971-751X}}</ref> DRDO grabbed this opportunity and started working on its own very short-range air defence or VSHORADS program.<br />
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DRDO VSHORADS is designed and developed indigenously by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Indian Industry Partners. VSHORADS missile incorporates many novel technologies including miniaturized Reaction Control System (RCS) and integrated avionics. The missile is propelled by a dual thrust solid motor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Successful Flight Tests of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) Missile by DRDO |url=https://pib.gov.in/pib.gov.in/Pressreleaseshare.aspx?PRID=1862617 |access-date=2022-10-06 |website=pib.gov.in}}</ref><br />
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==Testing==<br />
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On 27 Sep 2022, DRDO conducted two successful test flights of VSHORADS missile from a ground-based portable launcher from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur , off the coast of Odisha.<ref>{{Cite news |title=DRDO conducts successful test flight of VSHORADS missile |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/drdo-conducts-successful-test-flight-of-vshorads-missile/articleshow/94486305.cms |access-date=2022-10-06}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Surface-to-air missiles of India]]<br />
[[Category:Weapons and ammunition introduced in 2022]]</div>Bot