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DRDO Conducts Two Successful Launches of VL-SRSAM Missile System

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Defence Research & Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted two successful launches of Vertical Launch Short Range Surface to Air Missile (VL-SRSAM) on February 22, 2021.
DRDO carried out the launch from a static vertical launcher from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
The VL-SRSAM is indigenously designed and developed by DRDO for Indian Navy,
VL-SRSAM aims to neutralize various aerial threats at close ranges including sea-skimming targets.