India test-fires surface-to-air missile

India on Sunday test-fired its all weather tracked-chassis Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM), India's state-run broadcaster - All India Radio (AIR) said.

India launched an Agni V intercontinental ballistic missile at Wheeler Island, India's Orissa state, on September 15, 2013. [File photo: VCG]

The missile was launched from a mobile launcher in the Integrated Test Range (ITR) off Odisha coast at Chandipur at around 11:05 a.m. (local time).

"India today successfully test-fired its all weather tracked-chassis Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile (QR-SAM) from a mobile launcher at launch complex III of the ITR at Chandipur in Odisha this morning," the broadcaster said.

The missile has been developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the army.