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Indian Navy’s Heavy Weight Torpedo Strikes Underwater Target, WATCH Here

It is a big day for India as Indian Navy has successfully carried out a test of heavy weight torpedo to hit an underwater target. A video of the test was shared on Twitter.

The video clip shows the torpedo striking the target under the water causing a huge splash in the sea.

Indian Navy takes to Twitter

Taking to Twitter, the spokesperson of the Indian Navy wrote, “Successful engagement of an Underwater Target by an indigenously developed Heavy Weight Torpedo is a significant milestone in Indian Navy & DRDO India’s quest for accurate delivery of ordnance on target in the underwater domain.”

“This showcases our commitment to Future Proof Combat Readiness through Aatma Nirbharta,” a subsequent tweet read.

The anti-submarine heavyweight torpedo named Varunastra was inducted into the Indian Navy in 2016. It is developed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory of the DRDO for the Navy.

According to DRDO, it is an electrically-propelled torpedo which can target submarines both in shallow waters and in an intense countermeasures environment.

Details of the torpedo

Taking notes from the details of the torpedo, the weight of the torpedo is 1.25 tonnes and it can carry around 250 kg of explosives while travelling at about 40 nautical miles an hour.

The missile, known as ‘Sea Skimming’, hit the target floating in the sea from below. According to the Indian Navy, the missile is capable of hitting its target up to a distance of 300 km. In another indigenous move just a week ago, India carried out a successful training launch of a Medium-Range Ballistic Missile, Agni-1 from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.

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Can strike targets with a very high degree of precision

The Defence Ministry informed that the missile was capable of striking targets with a very high degree of precision. The training launch successfully validated all operational and technical parameters of the missile.

Alina Khan

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