Indigenous ‘Bhargavastra’ test-fired successfully

NAGPUR: After its kamikaze drone

Nagastra 1

wreaked havoc during Operation Sindoor, Nagpur’s

Solar Defence and Aerospace Ltd

(SDAL) successfully conducted trials of its

anti-drone system

, “Bhargavastra”, at the Seaward Firing Range in Odisha’s

Gopalpur

in the presence of the Army’s air defence brass. The indigenously built “Bhargavastra” can fire 64

micro rockets

in a single salvo, bringing down a swarm of drones and jam UAVs.When it is eventually deployed, a dual-layer drone defence system will be in place, the first layer comprising unguided micro-rockets with high lethality followed, in the second layer, by micro-missiles for precision hits. The system’s rockets have higher lethality with a kill radius of 20m.The “Bhargavastra” trials conducted on Tuesday witnessed rockets fired in both single and salvo mode. All rockets achieved required launch parameters. This proves Bhargavastra’s capability in mitigating large-scale

drone attacks

, as per information accessed by TOI.