Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket

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Recently, user trials of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR) were successfully carried out from INS Kavaratti.

About Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket

• It was designed for the indigenous rocket launcher (IRL) of Indian naval ships.
• It was completely built in India. It is an anti-submarine rocket which can combat submarines.
• It is fired from the onboard IRLs of naval ships.
• It was designed and developed by the DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Naval Science & Technological Laboratory.

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Features of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket

• It has twin-rocket motor configuration to meet a wide spectrum of range requirements with high accuracy and consistency.
• The ERASR uses an indigenously developed Electronic Time Fuze.
• A total of 17 ERASRs were successfully test evaluated at different ranges.
• All the specified objectives of the trials such as Range performance, Electronic Time Fuze functioning and Warhead functioning were successfully demonstrated.
• Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad and Solar Defence& Aerospace Limited, Nagpur are the Production Partners for ERASR Rockets.
• With successful completion of User Trials, Indian Navy is expected to induct the ERASR System soon.

Source: PIB