According to Rajnath Singh, the Indian Navy will be able to use the missile as a force multiplier.
Vertical Launch Short Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) flight testing by the Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) and Indian Navy off the coast of Odisha on Tuesday was successful. For the purpose of demonstrating the capacity to launch vertically, a flight test was conducted against a fast unmanned aerial target from an Indian Naval Ship. The missiles accurately intercepted the target thanks to their built-in Radio Frequency (RF) seeker. The DRDO created and designed the VL-SRSAM system on its own.
“Using flight data collected by a variety of range equipment, including radar, an electro-optical tracking system (EOTS), and telemetry devices installed by ITR, Chandipur, the test launch’s flight path and vehicle performance metrics were tracked. Senior scientists from several DRDO labs involved in the system’s design and development, including the Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), the Research Center Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad, and the R&D Engineers, Pune, observed the launch “said a statement from the Ministry of Defense.
Rajnath Singh, the Indian Navy’s defence minister, praised the DRDO, the Indian Navy, and related teams for the VL-successful SRSAM’s flight test and predicted that the missile would help the Indian Navy become more powerful.
Congratulations go out to the teams who participated in the successful flight test, and Secretary Department of Defence R&D & Chairman DRDO stated that the trial has demonstrated the effectiveness of the weapon system. He continued by saying that it would help the Indian Navy be better equipped to take down a variety of close-range aircraft threats, such as sea-skimming targets.
Prasanta Patnaik