{"id":23012,"date":"2024-05-02T07:27:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-02T01:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23012"},"modified":"2025-10-06T12:16:26","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T06:46:26","slug":"supersonic-missile-assisted-release-of-torpedo-smart-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/supersonic-missile-assisted-release-of-torpedo-smart-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) System<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It has been designed and developed by the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/defence-research-and-development-organisation-drdo\/\" target=\"_blank\">Defence Research and Development Organisation<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>It was launched from a ground mobile launcher from the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/apj-abdul-kalam\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dr APJ Abdul Kalam<\/a> Island off the Odisha coast.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>This missile-based mechanism to launch <strong>lightweight torpedoes<\/strong> can target submarines hundreds of kilometres away \u2014 far beyond the conventional range of lightweight torpedoes.<\/li>\n<li>It will be particularly employed in the absence of other assets for immediate action when an enemy submarine is detected.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>canister-based <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/upsc-exam\/types-of-missiles-in-india\/\" target=\"_blank\">missile system<\/a> comprises several advanced subsystems including <strong>two-stage solid propulsion and precision inertial navigation.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It carries an advanced lightweight torpedo missile as a payload along with a parachute-based release mechanism.<\/li>\n<li>Several state-of-the-art mechanisms, such as <strong>symmetric separation, ejection and velocity control<\/strong>, have been validated with this test.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What is the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)?<\/h3>\n<p>It is the R&amp;D wing of the Ministry of Defence, Govt of India, with a vision to empower India with cutting-edge defence technologies and a mission to achieve self-reliance in critical defence technologies and systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/technology\/science\/drdo-successfully-tests-missile-assisted-torpedo-release-system-9302427\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">DRDO successfully tests missile-assisted torpedo release system<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) System has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23013,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23012","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23012\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23013"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}