SMART System

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Context:

• The supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of the Torpedo system was successfully flight-tested by DRDO off the Odisha coast.

Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo System:

• SMART is a next-generation missile-based lightweight torpedo delivery system.
• It was designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to enhance the anti-submarine warfare capability of the Indian Navy far beyond the conventional range of lightweight torpedoes.
• This canister-based missile system consists of several advanced sub-systems, namely a two-stage solid propulsion system, electromechanical actuator system, precision inertial navigation system, etc.
• The system carries an advanced lightweight torpedo as a payload along with a parachute-based release system.
• The missile is launched from the ground mobile launcher.

About Torpedoes:

• Torpedoes are self‐propelled, underwater projectiles that can be launched from ships and aircraft.
• They are designed to detonate on contact or in close proximity to a target.
• The Indian Navy deploys its torpedoes from maritime patrol aircraft, embarked helicopters and surface/subsurface platforms.

Examples: Sheyna and Varunastra.

Source:

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2019266