DRDO conducts maiden trials of VL-SRSAM

THE VERTICAL Launch – Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM), developed for the Indian Navy by Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) underwent its two profitable maiden launches on Monday.
The system is slated to bear extra trials quickly earlier than its deployment on Navy’s warship, the Ministry of Defence mentioned.
The VL-SRSAM has been collectively developed by DRDO amenities like Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI), each based mostly in Hyderabad, and the Pune-based Research and Development Establishment (Engineers).
The launches had been carried out Monday from a static vertical launcher from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, off the coast of Odisha.
Indigenously developed by the DRDO for Indian Navy, VL-SRSAM is designed to neutralise varied aerial threats at shut ranges together with sea-skimming targets, which have the aptitude to keep away from detection by radar or infrared sensors.
“The current launches were carried out for demonstration of vertical launch capability as part of its maiden launch campaign. On both occasions, the missiles intercepted the simulated targets with pinpoint accuracy. The missiles were tested for minimum and maximum ranges. VL-SRSAM with Weapon Control System (WCS) were deployed during the trials. The present trials have proved the effectiveness of the weapon system and a few more trials will be conducted shortly before deployment on Indian Naval ships. Once deployed, the VL-SRSAM system will prove to be a force multiplier for the Indian Navy,” the press assertion issued by the Ministry of Defence learn.

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development and chairman of DRDO, congratulated varied groups which had been part of the trial.