Varunastra
First Production unit of Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT), Varunastra, being produced by BDL Vishakhapatnam for Indian Navy was flagged off on 21 November 2020 giving a major boost to AtmaNirbhar Bharat.
- It has been inducted by the Indian Navy in 2016.
- DRDO’s Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) has designed and developed Varunastra while BDL manufactured the torpedo for the Indian navy.
Key Features
- Varunastra is a ship launched, heavy weight, electrically-propelled anti-submarine torpedo capable of targeting quiet submarines in an intense countermeasure environment.
- Itcan be fired from all ASW (Anti-submarine warfare ships) capable of firing heavy weight torpedoes to engage ....
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