India's Mareech Anti-Torpedo System Ready For Induction

Indian Naval Science and Technological Laboratory has developed an advanced torpedo defense system to divert incoming enemy underwater torpedoes and is ready for induction.

The torpedo defense system, Maareech has completed trials and will soon be inducted into the Indian Navy, Asian Age News daily reported Saturday.

“It’s for the first time that such a decoy system has been developed for surface ships. It’s also an advanced version of the regular decoys. It is ready to be officially inducted. The Navy has accepted the decoy system and it can place the orders for its ships now,” V. Bhujanga Rao, DRDO director-general, naval systems and materials was quoted as saying by the news daily.

The NSTL is awaiting defense minister Manohar Parrikar to visit the lab at Vizag to officially launch and induct the system.

While submarines use decoys as anti-torpedo systems, the system has been developed for surface ship for the first time. After completing trials at various stages, the prototypes of Maareech were tested. The Navy has accepted the system and is ready for formal induction. The NSTL took almost eight years to develop the “complex system.”

Maareech, will be manufactured at, Bharat Electronics Ltd., Bengaluru.