SMART Successfully Tested

The Press Informatin Bureau announced today that the  Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India has successfully flight-tested the Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART).

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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. The tracking stations (Radars, Electro Optical Systems) along the coast and the telemetry stations including down range ships monitored all the events," said PIB in its press release.

India's Minister of Defence Rajnath Singh said that "This will be a major technology breakthrough for stand-off capability in anti-submarine warfare."


SMART is a supersonic anti-ship missile with a medium-weight torpedo as its payload, together the weapon working as a supersonic anti-submarine missile. It 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.

According to reports, the weapon will have a range of around 350 nautical miles (approximately 650 km) and can be used to engage hostile submarines from nearly half a sea away.

The test was carried out  from Wheeler Island off the coast of Odisha. 

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Successful Flight Test of SMART

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