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Defence
Successful Test Flights

SMART, ABHYAS AND BRAHMOS

TESTED SUCCESSFULLY

In the past couple of weeks, India took many steps towards
augmenting its defense capabilities with the successful test
flights of SMART, ABHYAS and BrahMos

BrahMos: Successful test
flight of SMART was preceded by
successful test flight of surface-
to-surface supersonic cruise
missile BrahMos on September
30, 2020.
l BrahMos features indigenous
Booster and Airframe Section
upersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo along with many other ‘Made in
S(SMART) was successfully flight tested on India’ sub-systems. It is a major step in
October 5, 2020, at Dr. Abdul Kalam Island enhancing indigenous content
off the coast of Odisha. SMART is a missile- l BrahMos Land-Attack Cruise Missile
assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine cruised at a top speed of Mach 2.8 i.e 2.8
Torpedo System for Anti-Submarine Warfare times the speed of sound
(ASW) operations far beyond Torpedo range.
This is significant in establishing Anti-Submarine ABHYAS: The Defence Research and
warfare capabilities. All the mission objectives Development Organisation (DRDO) on
including missile flight up to the range and altitude, September 22, 2020, successfully flight-
separation of the nose cone, release of Torpedo tested ABHYAS - High-
and deployment of Velocity Reduction Mechanism speed Expendable
(VRM) were achieved perfectly. Aerial Target (HEAT).
SMART is a game-changer technology The vehicle can be
demonstration in the Anti-Submarine Warfare, said used as target for
Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Secretary DD R&D & Chairman evaluation of various missile systems.
DRDO. Technologies required for SMART have ABHYAS has been designed and
been developed by a number of DRDO laboratories developed by Aeronautical Development
including DRDL, RCI Hyderabad, ADRDE Agra, NSTL Establishment (ADE), DRDO. The vehicle is
Visakhapatnam. programmed for fully autonomous flight.

RUDRAM: On October 9, 2020, India successfully tested its first indigenous anti-radiation
missile RUDRAM. The new generation missile, meant for the Indian Air Force, was launched
from SU-30 MKI fighter aircraft. Developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation
(DRDO), it has capability of varying range based on launch conditions. Equipped with INS-GPS
navigation with Passive Homing Head for the final attack, RUDRAM hit the radiation target
with pin-point accuracy. The missile is a potent weapon for IAF for Suppression of Enemy Air
Defence effectively from large stand-off ranges.

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