Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo ‘SMART’ Successfully Flight Tested Off Odisha Coast

Balasore: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday congratulated DRDO and other agencies for the successful flight testing of Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) .

‘SMART’ was successfully tested from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha today.

The @DRDO_India 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 (@rajnathsingh) October 5, 2020

As per official sources, 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) were perfectly met.

Moreover, the tracking stations (Radars, Electro Optical Systems) along the coast and the telemetry stations including down range ships monitored all the events.

Senior officials informed that ‘SMART’ is a missile assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo System for Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) operations far beyond Torpedo range. This launch and demonstration is 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.

Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh has congratulated @DRDO_India and other stakeholders for the successful flight test of Supersonic Missile assisted release of Torpedo, SMART. pic.twitter.com/BLPjNGZ0eY

— रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India (@DefenceMinIndia) October 5, 2020

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