India successfully test-fired a long-range Supersonic Missile Assisted Torpedo (SMART) off Balasore coast in Odisha on Monday. The successful test-firing of the mission was monitored by tracking stations (radars, electro-optical systems) along the coast and the telemetry stations including down range ships.

A defence official said the weapon system is being developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Navy.

"The system has been designed to enhance anti-submarine warfare capability far beyond the conventional range of the torpedo," the DRDO said in a statement.

On Saturday, the country successfully flight-tested indigenously developed helicopter-launched stand-off anti-tank (SANT) missile in Rajasthan's Pokhran firing ranges.

The defence ministry said the flight-testing, carried out by DRDO and the Indian Air Force (IAF), was "successful" in meeting all the mission objectives of the missile. The weapon, developed for the IAF, can neutralise targets in a range up to 10 km, it said.

India had last tested a Supersonic Missile Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) on October 5, 2020, after which Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO calling it 'a major technology breakthrough'.

SMART is a missile-assisted release of lightweight Anti-Submarine Torpedo System used for anti-submarine warfare (ASW) operations, far beyond the torpedo range. The weapon system is being developed by DRDO for the Indian Navy.

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