Asked and answered.mody wrote:What's the difference between the QRSAM and VLSRSAM? Both are supposed to have a very quick reaction time. The VL-SRSAM is meant for the Navy and the Airforce, whereas the QRSAM is meant for the army. Primarily the VLSRSAM is to be used from static positions from the vertical launcher or from naval ships from a vertical launcher. Both missiles are supposed to have a fast acceleration, as the VLSRSAM is expected to tackle sea skimming anti-ship missiles.
We know that the VLSRSAM is based on the Astra missile. Is the basic QRSAM missile also based on the Astra missile? From the pictures released so far, it doesn't seem to have the smokeless propellant like the Astra. The seeker for both the missiles could be similar.
The main difference between the two systems could be the radar, as for QRSAM it needs to be a mobile unit, but the basic missiles could probably be the same or almost the same. However, from the photos this doesn't seem to be the case.
VLSRSAM takes on much scarier targets.