{"id":26621,"date":"2025-03-27T03:53:34","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T22:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26621"},"modified":"2025-04-08T03:30:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T22:00:07","slug":"vertical-launch-short-range-surface-to-air-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/vertical-launch-short-range-surface-to-air-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VLSRSAM)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>India successfully flight tested the vertically launched short range surface to air missile (VL-SRSAM) from a defence test facility off the Odisha coast recently.<\/p>\n<h2>About Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is an <strong>indigenously developed Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SRSAM).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is developed by the <strong>Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is a quick reaction missile capable of <strong>neutralising various aerial threats at close ranges,<\/strong> including sea-skimming targets.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Initially designed for the Indian Navy for a strike range of 40 km, it can now attack <strong>targets up to 80 km.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The missile is now being developed for use by the Indian Air Force to protect its air bases.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Having a diameter of 178 mm and a wingspan of 508 mm, the missile is 3.93 metres long.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It weighs around 170 kg and uses <strong>solid propellant.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>With a maximum speed of Mach 4.5, the weapon system can reach an altitude of 16 km.<\/li>\n<li><strong>During the mid-course flight,<\/strong> the missile uses a fibre-optic gyroscope-based inertial guidance mechanism, while the <strong>terminal phase uses active radar homing.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>comes as an integrated missile and weapon control system (WCS)<\/strong> with a capability to <strong>hold multiple missiles <\/strong>in a twin quad-pack canister configuration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Who developed the Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VL-SRSAM)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is the maximum strike range of the VL-SRSAM?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. 80 km<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What type of propellant does the VL-SRSAM use?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Solid propellant<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/nation\/2025\/Mar\/26\/india-successfully-tests-vertically-launched-short-range-missile-with-low-altitude-capability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">NIE<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vertically-Launched Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (VLSRSAM) is an indigenously developed Short-Range Surface-to-Air Missile (SRSAM)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":26622,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-26621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}