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.