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India successfully launches Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo System

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  • Published
    15th Dec, 2021

Recently, a supersonic missile-assisted torpedo system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully launched from Wheeler Island in Odisha.

Context

Recently, a supersonic missile-assisted torpedo system developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was successfully launched from Wheeler Island in Odisha.

About Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART)

  • Developed by: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
  • For: Indian Navy
  • SMART has been designed to enhance anti-submarine warfare capability far beyond the conventional range of the torpedo.
  • A torpedo with a range of a few kilometres can be sent a distance to the tune of 1000 km by the missile system from where the torpedo is launched.
  • Torpedoes, self-propelled weapons that travel underwater to hit a target, are limited by their range. To overcome that, the DRDO has developed the SMART system.
  • Key-features
  • It is a canister-based missile system.?? Canisterisation of missiles reduces the time required to launch the missile while improving its storage and mobility.
  • It consists of advanced technologies viz.
    • two-stage solid propulsion
    • electro-mechanical actuators
    • precision inertial navigation

Key-highlights of the launch

  • This was a textbook launch, in which the entire trajectory of the test was monitored by the electro optic telemetry system and several range radars, including down range instrumentation & down range ships.
  • SMART carried a torpedo, release mechanisms and parachute delivery system.
  • It was launched from a ground mobile launcher and can cover a range of distances.
  • The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed the weapon for the Indian Navy.

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)

  • DRDO was established in 1958.
  • DRDO is a premier agency, working under the Department of Defence Research and Development of the Ministry of Defence. 
  • It is charged with the military's research and development. 
  • The agency is headquartered in Delhi. 

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