Indigenously designed and developed heavy weight torpedo (HWT) Varunastra was on June 6 successfully test-fired with a live warhead against an undersea target, by the Indian Navy.
“Induction of Varunastra has begun after extensive trials and will become the mainstay of anti-submarine torpedo for all naval warships,” a defence source said. It will replace the older torpedoes on all naval ships that can fire HWT, the source stated.
Varunastra is a ship-launched anti-submarine torpedo having low drift navigational systems, acoustic homing, advanced acoustic counter measure features, autonomous guidance algorithms, insensitive munitions warhead and a GPS-based recovery aid for practice torpedo, according to the Defence Ministry.
