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The DRDO along with top Indian Navy officials tested India’s new vertical launched short range missile on Thursday the 12th of September 2024 at the ITR-Chandipur in Odisha.

The flight test was carried out from a land-based vertical launcher, targeting a high-speed aerial target flying at a low altitude.

The missile system successfully tracked and engaged the target.

Its operational range is about 80 kilometers and it can travel with a good speed to Mach 4.5 that is hitting the target with a speed of 4.5 times that of the sound.

Basically VL-SRSAM is to be used for neutralizing approaching enemy fighter aircraft and sea skimming anti ship missiles

This 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.