Indian Heavy Weight Torpedo Hits Underwater Target
An Indian-made Heavy Weight Torpedo hit an underwater target during tests, Navy announced today.
“Successful engagement of an underwater target by an indigenously-developed Heavy Weight Torpedo is a significant milestone in Indian Navy’s & DRDO's quest for accurate delivery of ordnance on target in the underwater domain,” the Navy tweeted June 6.
DRDO’s Varunastra is a ship-launched, heavyweight, electrically-propelled anti-submarine torpedo capable of targeting quiet submarines, both in deep and shallow waters.
Varunastra weighs 1500kg and is 7-8m long. Its operational range is 40km. The maximum speed it can attain is 74 kmph while the maximum depth is 400m.
The torpedo can carry a warhead weighing 250kg.
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