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India's first floating missile test range is:
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Answer: Option D — INS Anvesh
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INS Anvesh is India's first floating missile test range (FTR). It is a specialised ship developed for the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and built by Cochin Shipyard Limited in Kochi, Kerala.
What a floating test range does:
It acts as a mobile missile testing platform at sea. Missiles can be launched from it, or it can track and monitor missiles launched from land or other ships.
It carries advanced radars, electro-optical tracking systems and telemetry systems to collect data during missile tests.
Because it can move far out into the ocean, it allows India to test long-range missiles and missile defence systems without being limited by land-based test ranges or the need to clear large areas of land.
INS Anvesh has been used to test India's sea-based ballistic missile defence systems. For example, in April 2023, the DRDO and the Indian Navy successfully tested a sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile from a ship in the Bay of Bengal to intercept an incoming ballistic missile, giving India the capability of a naval ballistic missile defence system.
India's land-based missile test ranges include the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur and Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Island (Wheeler Island), both in Odisha.
Why not the other options?
- ✗INS Vikrant is India's first indigenous aircraft carrier, commissioned in September 2022.
- ✗INS Arihant is India's first indigenously built nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine, commissioned in 2016.
INS Dhruv is India's first satellite and ballistic missile tracking ship, commissioned in 2021 and built by Hindustan Shipyard Limited, Visakhapatnam. It is easily confused with Anvesh: Dhruv tracks missiles and satellites, while Anvesh is a floating test range.
Quick tip
Remember: INS Anvesh = first floating missile test range (DRDO, Cochin Shipyard); INS Dhruv = missile tracking ship; INS Vikrant = first indigenous aircraft carrier; INS Arihant = first SSBN.
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