About Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket:
- It was designed for the indigenous rocket launcher (IRL) of Indian naval ships.
- It was completely built in India. It is an anti-submarine rocket which can combat submarines.
- It is fired from the onboard IRLs of naval ships.
- Features of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket:
- It has twin-rocket motor configuration to meet a wide spectrum of range requirements with high accuracy and consistency.
- The ERASR uses an indigenously developed Electronic Time Fuze.
- 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.
- Bharat Dynamics Limited, Hyderabad and Solar Defence & Aerospace Limited, Nagpur are the Production Partners for ERASR Rockets.
- With successful completion of User Trials, Indian Navy is expected to induct the ERASR System soon.
- It has designed and developed by the DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Naval Science & Technological Laboratory.
