New surface-to-air missile technology reduces radar signature of Navy fleet

So far, the Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile has been deployed on three destroyers -- INS Kolkata, Chennai and Kochi. Each of them carries 32 missiles deployed in "vertical launch unit" canisters

The eponymous Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MR-SAM), jointly developed by India and Israel to defend the Navy’s warships against incoming anti-ship missiles, achieved a crucial landmark on Friday. MR-SAMs fired simultaneously from different vessels were directed to two different targets by a single warship, allowing a naval flotilla to reduce its give-away electromagnetic signature.

Warships typically switch on their multi-function surveillance and target acquisition radar (MF-STAR) while firing an MR-SAM – usually when an incoming anti-ship missile is still over a hundred kilometres away. The radar guides the missile towards the target, bringing it close enough to allow