In another success story for India in terms of strengthening its self-reliance, India successfully flight-tested the Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha on Monday. The tracking stations (Radars, Electro-Optical Systems) along the coast & telemetry stations including down range ships monitored all the events.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the success. All the objectives of the mission, including missile flight up to the range and altitude, separation of the nose cone, the release of Torpedo and deployment of Velocity Reduction Mechanism (VRM), were met perfectly, a statement from the Ministry of Defence read.
“The DRDO has successfully flight tested the Supersonic Missile assisted release of Torpedo, SMART. This will be a major technology breakthrough for stand-off capability in anti-submarine warfare. I congratulate DRDO and other stakeholders for this significant achievement,” Rajnath Singh tweeted.
SMART is a missile assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo System for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations for far beyond torpedo range. This launch and demonstration are significant in establishing ASW capabilities.
“SMART is a game-changer technology demonstration in the ASW.” Chairman of DRDO, Dr G Satheesh Reddy, said.
Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) successfully flight tested today from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. The tracking stations (Radars, Electro-Optical Systems) along the coast & telemetry stations including down range ships monitored all the events. pic.twitter.com/2kVh1Rl1jm
— ANI (@ANI) October 5, 2020
