DRDO’s Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) — all you need to know

Dec 13, 2021

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India, today, successfully test fired a supersonic missile torpedo...

...(SMART) from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha.

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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said,...

...“All the mission objectives including missile flight up to 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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What is the SMART system?

SMART is a missile assisted release of a lightweight anti-submarine torpedo system for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations, which is far beyond torpedo range.

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How was it tested?

During the test, full range capability of the missile was successfully demonstrated. The entire trajectory was carefully monitored by the electro-optic elementary system. The missile carried a torpedo, parachute delivery system and release mechanisms.

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What will the SMART do?

The SMART system has been designed in such a way that it will enhance its anti-submarine warfare capability.

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Features of the new torpedo

This is a canister-based missile system, which has been made by using advanced technologies like two-stage solid propulsion, electro-mechanical actuators and precision inertial navigation.

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Laboratories

DRDL, RCI Hyderabad, ADRDE Agra, NSTL Visakhapatnam are some of the DRDO laboratories that have developed the technologies used in SMART.

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After Long Range Bomb (LRB) and Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW),...

...this was the third test in the series of indigenous stand-off weapons, which were tested in recent times.

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DRDO’s SAAW is a long-range anti-airfield weapon, developed and designed to be...

...capable of engaging ground targets up to the range of 100 kilometres.

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