Indian Navy And DRDO Jointly Conduct Successful Test Firing Of Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-To-Air Missile

India successfully test-fired the Vertical Launched Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) yesterday evening (12 September) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.

The test was jointly carried out by the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) from a land-based vertical launcher against a high-speed, low-flying aerial target.

The missile system successfully tracked and destroyed the target.

According to the Defence Ministry, the test aimed to validate multiple updated elements of the weapon system, including the Proximity Fuse and Seeker.

The performance of the system was meticulously tracked and confirmed by various instruments, such as the Radar Electro-Optical Tracking System and telemetry deployed at ITR Chandipur.

Defence Minister Shri Rajnath Singh praised the teams from DRDO and the Indian Navy for their achievement, stating that this test reaffirms the reliability and effectiveness of the VL-SRSAM weapon system.

The VL-SRSAM is essentially an Astra air-launched missile optimised for launch from land and Indian Navy ships. The missile is designed to defend navy ships against low-flying, high-speed anti-ship cruise missiles, drones, and similar threats.