Indian Navy's submarine kill power soars as ERASR anti-submarine rocket clears user trials

In a move that is expected to significantly enhance the Indian Navy's firepower, especially in fighting enemy submarines, successful user trials of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR) were carried out from INS Kavaratti. 

 

As the user trials of ERASR have been carried out successfully, the Indian Navy is expected to induct these rockets soon.

 

ERASR is a completely indigenous anti-submarine rocket used to combat submarines and fired from onboard IRL (indigenous rocket launcher) of Indian Naval ships. 

 

ERASR, which uses an indigenously developed electronic time fuze, has a twin-rocket motor configuration to meet a wide spectrum of range requirements with high accuracy and consistency. The twin-system allows for short-range and extended-range attacks, making the rocket versatile for different operational scenarios.

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“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,” the defence ministry stated in a release.

 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Navy and the industry involved in the development and trials of the system.

 

The successful induction of this system will boost the striking power of the Indian Navy, the defence minister said.

 

Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad and Solar Defence & Aerospace Limited, Nagpur, are the production partners for ERASR.

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