Missile Test  

The Indian Navy and DRDO have achieved a significant milestone in maritime security with the successful testing of the Vertical Launch Short Range Missile (VL-SRSAM). This missile is capable of targeting high-speed aerial threats at low altitudes, further strengthening India's sea defense.

Highlighting achievements and initiatives in the defense sector, including successful missile tests, policy reforms, and support for MSME startups, PM Modi outlined India's transformation from a defense importer to an exporter

India has successfully conducted many missile tests in the last month or so. It is to be noted that these tests come at a time when the India-China standoff refuses to relent. This can also be viewed as a strong measure by India, to China that it can go any lengths to protect its territorial integrity 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also said that former president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam would have been happy about the recent success of Mission Shakti, the A-SAT missile test guided by "Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas."

Earlier, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India successfully test-fired an anti-satellite missile by shooting down a live satellite, describing it as a rare achievement that puts the country in an exclusive club of space super powers. 

India used indigenously made Anti-Satellite Weapons (ASAT) for hitting the live satellite target, which was on a ‘Low Earth Orbit’ at a height of 300 kilometers from the earth’s surface

Once the missile crossed the atmosphere, the Heat Shield ejected and the IR Seeker dome opened to look at the target location as designated by the mission computer