Watch: India Tests Indigenous Stand-Off Anti-Tank Missile

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has flight-tested the indigenously designed and developed helicopter-launched Stand-Off Anti-Tank (SANT) Missile in the Pokhran ranges.

The missile has a range of 10 kilometres, the DRDO said in a statement put out after the successful test of the weapon.

"The missile is equipped with a state-of-the-art MMW seeker which provides high precision strike capability," it added.

Experts said that attack helicopters would be able to fire the missile towards enemy tanks and armoured personnel carriers from a safe distance.

The SANT missile tested today has been developed by Research Centre Imarat, a DRDO laboratory located in Hyderabad.

"This is the third in the series of indigenous stand-off weapons to be tested in recent times after long range bomb and smart anti airfield weapon for strengthening the arsenal of IAF," the statement read.