INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST-FIRES (VL-SRSAM) SURFACE TO AIR -MISSILE ,FROM A NAVAL SHIP IN ODISHA.

Air Missile (VL-STSAM) from the integrated Test range successfully test fired Vertical launch Short range surface, Chandipur,off the Odisha coast .The air Missile was flight tested by the defence research and development organization and the Indian Navy.The flight test was carried out from an Indian Naval ship against a high speed unmanned aerial target for demonstration of the vertical launch capability. The Missiles equipped with indigenous radio frequency seeker , intercepted the target with high accuracy .The system has been indigenously designed and developed by the DRDO . During the last launch,flight path and the vehicle performance parameters were monitored using flight data ,captured by the various range instruments,such as radar , , electro optical tracking system and telemetry systems deployed by the ITR Chandpur.An official statement said that the launch was monitored by the senior scientists from the various DRDO laboratories involved in the design and development of the system such as Defence research and development laboratory (DRDL) Research center Imarat , Hyderabad and R&D Engineers ,pune .Defence minister has complimented the DRDOn,Indian Navy and the associated teams on the successful flight trial of VL-SRSAM and stated that the missile will prove to be a force multiplier for the Indian Navy.