DRDO AND INDIAN NAVY SUCCESSFULLY FLIGHT-TEST INDIGENOUSLY-DEVELOPED VERTICALLY-LAUNCHED SHORT-RANGE SURFACE-TO-AIR MISSILE

India, March 26 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:

Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Navy conducted the successful flight-test of indigenously-developed Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VLSRSAM) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha at about 1200 hrs on March 26, 2025. The flight-test was carried out from a land-based vertical launcher against a high-speed aerial target at very close range and low altitude. It has established the Near-Boundary-Low Altitude capability of the missile system.

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During the test, the target was completely destroyed by the missil...