Indian Navy joins ‘Marich’ torpedo destroyer system

The Indian Navy said that it has incorporated indigenously built advanced torpedo demolition system ‘Marich’ in its fleet. This missile system that can be fired from all front-line warships will help the Navy in thwarting any torpedo attack. The ‘Marich’ system developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization is capable of detecting and destroying the attacking torpedoes.

Marich

• Marich’ has been designed and developed indigenously by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) and it is capable of detecting, locating and neutralizing incoming torpedo.
• Bharat Electronics Limited, a defence PSU, would undertake the production of this decoy system.
• The prototype of this system installed onboard a nominated naval platform had successfully completed all user evaluation trials.
• Anti-Submarine Warfare capability of the Indian Navy received a major boost with its induction.

Benefit

• This system will give strength to Make in India and Self-reliant India with the dependence of defense sector.
• With the development of this system, India has joined the ranks of the countries of the world which have the capability to undertake extensive hydrodynamic model testing of naval platforms and weapon systems.
• Bharat Electronics Limited
• It is a public Navratna company in the defense sector.
• It was founded in 1954.
• Bharat Electronics Limited mainly works on defense communications, radar and missile systems, sonar and fire control systems.

Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO)

• Defense Research and Development Organization is the country’s leading organization for research related to India’s defense. This organization works as a subsidiary unit of the Indian Ministry of Defense.
• This institute was established in 1958 as the technical department of the Indian Army and Defense Science Institute.
• At present the institute has its own laboratories which are engaged in research in the field of electronics, defense equipment etc.
• More than five thousand scientists and more than twenty five thousand technical employees are the resources of this institution. Many big projects related to radars, missiles etc. are going on here.

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