India has completed user trials of its indigenously developed Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR), the Ministry of Defence said. The tests were held aboard the anti-submarine corvette INS Kavaratti between 23 June and 7 July, with all mission objectives met. Scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s Armament Research & Development Establishment in Pune led the programme in partnership with the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and the Naval Science and Technological Laboratory. Navy personnel and DRDO engineers fired 17 rockets at varying ranges, successfully demonstrating range performance, electronic time-fuse reliability and warhead functioning. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, the Indian Navy and participating industry, calling the outcome a step toward strengthening the Navy’s anti-submarine warfare capability.
A total of 17 ERASRs were successfully test evaluated at different ranges by the Navy and the @DRDO_India All the specified objectives of the trials such as Range performance, Electronic Time Fuze functioning and Warhead functioning were successfully demonstrated. Bharat https://t.co/X86giHCpTk
Successful user trials of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR) were successfully carried out from INS Kavaratti during 23 June 2025 to 07 July 2025. Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE) Pune, in association with HEMRL and NSTL, has designed and developed https://t.co/zFWeSjoDYD
User trials of Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ERASR) were successfully carried out from INS Kavaratti from June 23, 2025 to July 07, 2025. DRDO’s Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune, in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and https://t.co/cpm9thedl3