Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release Of Torpedo (SMART) System:
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) tested a next-generation torpedo release system.
- Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) System has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
- It was launched from a ground mobile launcher from the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the Odisha coast.
- This missile-based mechanism to launch lightweight torpedoes can target submarines hundreds of kilometres away far beyond the conventional range of lightweight torpedoes.
- It will be particularly employed in the absence of other assets for immediate action when an enemy submarine is detected.
- It is the canister-based missile system comprises several advanced subsystems including two-stage solid propulsion and precision inertial navigation.
- It carries an advanced lightweight torpedo missile as a payload along with a parachute-based release mechanism.
- Several state-of-the-art mechanisms, such as symmetric separation, ejection and velocity control, have been validated with this test.
