India successfully tests Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo: Highlights with Details

India successfully tests Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo: Highlights with Details

Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO successfully test-fired SMART on Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo off Wheeler Island off Odisha coast.

According to the DRDO all the mission objectives including missile flight upto the range and altitude, separation of the nose cone, release of Torpedo and deployment of Velocity Reduction Mechanism (VRM) have been met perfectly.

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SMART is a missile assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo System for Anti-Submarine Warfare or ASW operations far beyond Torpedo range.The launch and demonstration are significant in establishing Anti-Submarine warfare capabilities.

A number of DRDO laboratories including DRDL, RCI Hyderabad, ADRDE Agra, NSTL Visakhapatnam have developed the technologies required for SMART.(inp:dd)

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