Indian Navy Undertakes First Combat Firing of Indigenous heavy weight torpedo ‘Varunastra’

Indian Navy Undertakes First Combat Firing of Indigenous heavy weight torpedo ‘Varunastra’

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Category : Defense Published on: June 10 2023

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The Indian Navy and the country's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) undertook the first ‘combat' test-firing of the Varunastra heavyweight torpedo on 5 June.
This indigenous HWT will enhance the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capabilities and make it a formidable force.
The torpedo was fired from a submarine and successfully hit a target at a range of 40 kilometers.
The test was conducted in the Arabian Sea in the presence of senior officials from the Indian Navy and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).
Vizag-based Naval Science and Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) designed the Varunastra missile system and Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) is responsible for its production.
The Varunastra HWT is an electrically-powered torpedo capable of anti-submarine and anti-ship operations. It has a maximum strike range of 40 kilometers and can travel at speeds of more than 70 kilometers per hour at a maximum depth of 600 mts.

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