DRDO flags off first 'Varunastra' Heavy Weight Torpedo for Indian Navy

The Defence Research and Development (DRDO) Chairman G Satheesh Reddy flagged off the first Production unit of Heavy Weight Torpedo (HWT), Varunastra on 21 November 2020.
The Varunastra has been designed and developed by Naval Science & Technological Laboratory (NSTL) of DRDO while Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), Vishakhapatnam has manufactured the torpedo for the Indian Navy.
Varunastra is a ship launched, heavyweight, electrically propelled anti-submarine torpedo.
It can be launched from ships that can fire heavy weight torpedoes to engage quiet submarines in deep and shallow waters.