India's Indigenous Man Portable Air Defence System 'VSHORADS' Successfully Intercepts Low-Flying High-Speed Targets In Key Trials

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has achieved a notable milestone by successfully completing three consecutive flight trials of its Very Short-Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) at Chandipur, off the Odisha coast.

VSHORADS is a Man Portable Air Defence system designed and developed indigenously by Research Center Imarat in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories and Development cum Production Partners.

The missile system has the capability to meet the needs of all the three branches of the Armed Forces, viz. Indian Army, Navy and Air Force, according to a Defence Ministry statement.

The tests were designed to challenge the system against high-speed targets at low altitudes, closely mimicking real-world threats.

During these trials, the VSHORADS missiles demonstrated their capability by intercepting and destroying targets that simulated low-flying drones, varying in speed and thermal signature.

The flight-tests, witnessed by senior officials of DRDO and Armed forces, were carried out in final deployment configuration where in two field operators carried out weapon readiness, target acquisition and missile firing, the Defence Ministry said.

The flight data captured by various range instruments like Telemetry, Electro-Optical Tracking System and Radar deployed by Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, confirmed the pin-point accuracy and established the unique capability of VSHORADS missile system in neutralising drones along with other classes of aerial threats.

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