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Big Boost For India’s Naval Firepower: First Indigenous Heavy Weight Torpedo, Varunastra, Delivered To Indian Navy By Bharat Dynamics
Varunastra
At a time when India is looking at improving its naval capabilities due to China’s growing presence in the Indian Ocean, the Indian Navy’s firepower has received a major boost with the delivery of a torpedo.
The weapon was designed by the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory, a unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation in Visakhapatnam. It is being manufactured for the Navy at a BEL facility in the same city.
Varunastra is an anti-submarine torpedo and is electrically-propelled. The weapon has a range of 40 kilometers, can travel at a speed of up to 70 kilometers per hour and dive to a maximum depth of 400 meters.
It can carry a warhead weighing 250 kg.
BDL had signed a contract worth Rs 1,187 crore to manufacture the weapon, which is considered to be around 95 per cent indigenous.
Reports say India plans to sell the torpedo to friendly nations in the future.
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