Indian Navy is exploring the use of guided weapons from India’s shorelines to create additional offensive capacity against India’s potential sea brone threats.
One among many projects is Shore Based – Guided Rocket project of Indian Navy. The project was accorded Approval in Principle under Make-2 Category of Make in India on 16th January 2023 and subsequently a questionnaire was issued by the Navy.
Indian Navy is looking to procure 1 prototype battery for trials & development purposes and the production run is expected to see an order of 7-10 batteries of SB-GR systems.
Some of the rough specifications as desired by the Navy includes a guided rocket having a diameter between 200-300mm with a length not exceeding 5.5 meters & a weight not exceeding 370kg. The desired range is upto 150 km. While Navy wants a 90% kill probability till 75km range. The rocket is desired to be supersonic in nature and should also be able to conduct Anti Submarine Warfare.
A SB-GR battery will comprise of a Command Post, TEL/Launcher vehicles, Loading Vehicles & Replenishment vehicles. The batteries will be controlled & coordinated by a Command & Control system based on trucks.
This system is primarily meant to engage enemy submarines coming near Indian shores. This will also be able to take down a multitude of other surface & sub surface targets. Given the projected estimate of specifications by the Navy, this system can be a derivative of Guided Pinaka Mk2 Rocket.
