<p>Hyderabad: In a major milestone for India's underwater warfare capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy have successfully conducted combat firing with reduced explosive of the indigenously designed and developed Multi-Influence Ground Mine (MIGM) on Tuesday.</p><p>The system is an advanced underwater naval mine developed by the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories - High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune and Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh. Bharat Dynamics Limited, Visakhapatnam and Apollo Microsystems Limited, Hyderabad serve as the production partners for the system.</p><p>Sources in the Indian Navy described MIGM as a next-generation "smart naval mine" designed to enhance the Indian Navy's capabilities against modern stealth ships and submarines. </p>.Indian Navy carries out anti-ship firing drills amid escalating tensions with Pakistan.<p>Unlike traditional contact mines that explode on physical touch, MIGM employs advanced sensors to detect enemy vessels through multiple detection methods like acoustic sensors that identify noise from propellers and engines, magnetic fields like metal hulls of ships and submarines, pressure changes caused by a vessel passing overhead and also electric fields generated by onboard electrical systems.</p><p>This multi-sensor approach provides MIGM with high accuracy and significantly reduces false alarms, making it substantially more effective than older generation naval mines.</p><p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commended the DRDO, Indian Navy, and industry partners, stating that the system will further enhance the undersea warfare capabilities of the Navy. </p><p>Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO, confirmed that with this validation trial, the system is now ready for induction into the Indian Navy.</p>
<p>Hyderabad: In a major milestone for India's underwater warfare capabilities, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Navy have successfully conducted combat firing with reduced explosive of the indigenously designed and developed Multi-Influence Ground Mine (MIGM) on Tuesday.</p><p>The system is an advanced underwater naval mine developed by the Naval Science & Technological Laboratory, Visakhapatnam in collaboration with other DRDO laboratories - High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, Pune and Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory, Chandigarh. Bharat Dynamics Limited, Visakhapatnam and Apollo Microsystems Limited, Hyderabad serve as the production partners for the system.</p><p>Sources in the Indian Navy described MIGM as a next-generation "smart naval mine" designed to enhance the Indian Navy's capabilities against modern stealth ships and submarines. </p>.Indian Navy carries out anti-ship firing drills amid escalating tensions with Pakistan.<p>Unlike traditional contact mines that explode on physical touch, MIGM employs advanced sensors to detect enemy vessels through multiple detection methods like acoustic sensors that identify noise from propellers and engines, magnetic fields like metal hulls of ships and submarines, pressure changes caused by a vessel passing overhead and also electric fields generated by onboard electrical systems.</p><p>This multi-sensor approach provides MIGM with high accuracy and significantly reduces false alarms, making it substantially more effective than older generation naval mines.</p><p>Defence Minister Rajnath Singh commended the DRDO, Indian Navy, and industry partners, stating that the system will further enhance the undersea warfare capabilities of the Navy. </p><p>Dr Samir V Kamat, Secretary of the Department of Defence R&D and Chairman of DRDO, confirmed that with this validation trial, the system is now ready for induction into the Indian Navy.</p>