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Bhargavastra is an indigenous, low-cost, multi-layered counter-drone system designed to destroy hostile drone swarms using micro-rockets and micro-missiles.
Bhargavastra is an indigenously developed, vehicle-mounted, multi-layered counter-swarm drone system built to neutralise weaponised drones, loitering munitions and coordinated drone swarms. It was developed by Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited (SDAL) with Economic Explosives Limited (EEL). Its design emphasises a low-cost, layered kill: cheap unguided micro-rockets take out clustered drones first, and precision guided micro-missiles handle individual targets. It is a 'hard-kill' system, meaning it physically destroys incoming drones rather than merely jamming them.
Type: ConceptIndigenous, developed by Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited (SDAL) with Economic Explosives Limited (EEL).
Multi-layered 'hard-kill' architecture — physically destroys drones instead of only jamming.
Layer 1: unguided micro-rockets that neutralise drone swarms within a lethal radius of about 20 metres.
Layer 2: guided micro-missiles for precise destruction of individual drones.
Integrated command centre with radar (detection up to ~10 km), EO/IR sensors and passive RF detection; deployable up to about 5,000 m altitude.
Frequency: Emerging defence-technology topic; increasingly likely in current-affairs tests.
Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-UAS) defend against hostile drones in two broad ways. 'Soft-kill' methods jam or spoof a drone's control and navigation signals to disable it electronically. 'Hard-kill' methods physically destroy the drone with projectiles, missiles or lasers. Swarms — many cheap drones attacking together — are hard to counter with expensive missiles alone, so cost-effective layered systems are valued.
Against a swarm of mosquitoes, a cheap wide 'spray' (micro-rockets) clears the cluster, while a precise 'swatter' (guided micro-missile) finishes off the stragglers.
Cheap drones and drone swarms have become a major battlefield and border-security threat, and defending against them with costly conventional missiles is not economically sustainable. A low-cost, indigenous, layered system like Bhargavastra addresses both the tactical challenge of swarms and India's goal of self-reliance (Atmanirbhar Bharat) in defence manufacturing.
Bhargavastra = indigenous counter-swarm drone system.
Hard-kill: physically destroys drones.
Two layers: micro-rockets + guided micro-missiles.
Developed by SDAL with EEL.
Radar detection up to ~10 km; deployable up to ~5,000 m altitude.
It is a counter-drone system designed to detect and physically destroy hostile drones and drone swarms.
It was developed by Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited (SDAL) along with Economic Explosives Limited (EEL).
It uses a layered approach: unguided micro-rockets neutralise clustered drones, and guided micro-missiles precisely destroy individual targets.