Bhargavastra micro-missile system
| Bhargavastra | |
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Bhargavastra during user trials | |
| Type | Anti-UAV Defence System Counter unmanned air systems |
| Place of origin | India |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited |
| Designed | 2025 |
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| Specifications | |
| Mass | 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) |
Detonation mechanism | Hit-to-kill |
| Engine | Solid-propellant rocket |
| Propellant | Solid fuel |
Operational range |
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Guidance system | IIR/CCD |
Launch platform | Road mobile (7.5-ton class all-terrain vehicle) |
Bhargavastra is a multi-layer Anti-Drone/Counter-Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) designed and developed by the Indian private sector company Solar Defence and Aerospace Limited. Bhargavastra counter-drone system is based on small lightweight guided and unguided micro-missiles and micro-rockets which are specially developed to tackle threats from loitering munitions and weaponized autonomous swarm drones which cannot be jammed or spoofed. This is the first guided micro-missile counter-drone system of its sort in the world. The technology is intended to stop drone strikes at a lower cost than surface-to-air missiles.
With an engagement range of up to 2.5 kilometers, the first layer uses unguided micro-rockets that can destroy drone swarms within a 20-meter radius. The guided micro-missiles with high precision makes up the second layer for evasive or high-value aerial targets.