Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS)
- Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) is a Man-portable air defence system (MANPADS).
- designed and developed indigenously by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad
- The VSHORADS missile’s design integrates a number of cutting-edge technology, including an integrated avionics system and a miniaturised reaction control system (RCS), both of which have been successfully tested.
- The missile is driven by a dual thrust solid motor and is designed to destroy low-altitude aerial threats at close ranges.
- The missile’s design, including the launcher, has undergone extensive optimization to ensure portability.
Indian Ballistic Missile Defence Programme
- Prithvi Air Defence (PAD)
- Also referred to as Pradyumna Ballistic Missile Interceptor.
- It’s designed for High-altitude interception ( exo-atmospheric interception).
- Intercept missiles at altitudes between 50 – 80 km.
- The interceptor is a Prithvi Defence Vehicle ( PDV) which has two stages, both with solid propellants.
- Advanced Air Defence (AAD)
- Also called Ashwin Ballistic Missile Interceptor.
- It’s an endo-atmospheric interception system ( for low-altitude interception).
- Altitude of interception ranges up to 30 km.
- It has a single-stage solid-fueled missile.