New Delhi, May 5 -- Defence Research & Development Organisation, on 27 February 2026, successfully conducted three successive flight trials of Very Short Range Air Defence System (VSHORADS) from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha. These tests were carried out to revalidate the capability of VSHORADS missile system in neutralising high speed threats flying at varying speed, range and altitude. During all the flight tests, the missiles intercepted and destroyed the high speed aerial targets mimicking enemy aircraft in various threat scenarios meeting all extreme engagement points.

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