Watch: Indian Navy successfully test fires missile in Arabian Sea days after Pahalgam terror attack

Screen grab from a video tweeted by @indiannavy·

The Indian Navy's indigenous guided missile destroyer INS Surat on Thursday successfully fired a surface-to-air missile against a sea skimming target in the Arabian Sea. The precision strike exercise comes just two days after the deadly Pahalgam attack in Jammu and Kashmir left 26 people, mostly tourists, dead.

"IndianNavy's latest indigenous guided missile destroyer #INSSurat successfully carried out a precision cooperative engagement of a sea skimming target marking another milestone in strengthening our defence capabilities. Proud moment for #AatmaNirbharBharat!" the Navy Spokesperson's handle said on X.

#IndianNavy's latest indigenous guided missile destroyer #INSSurat successfully carried out a precision cooperative engagement of a sea skimming target marking another milestone in strengthening our defence capabilities.

Proud moment for #AatmaNirbharBharat!@SpokespersonMoDpic.twitter.com/hhgJbWMw98 SpokespersonNavy (@indiannavy) April 24, 2025

The Navy had fired an MRSAM (Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile) against the target.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had commissioned INS Surat, a frontline naval combatant, in January 2025 at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai.

INS Surat, the fourth and final ship of the P15B Guided Missile Destroyer Project, ranks among the largest and most sophisticated destroyers in the world.

It has an indigenous content of 75 per cent and is equipped with state-of-the-art weapon-sensor packages and advanced network-centric capabilities.