India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), along with the Indian Navy, has test-fired a domestically developed underwater sea mine.
The Multi-Influence Ground Mine has been designed to enhance the navy’s capabilities against modern stealth ships and submarines.
It features sensors that pick up acoustic, magnetic, pressure, and underwater electric potential/extra low frequency electric field signatures generated by vessels.
Powered by a lithium-thionyl chloride battery, the 1,000-kilogram (2,205 pounds) weapon can be deployed from platforms such as ships, coastal observation and patrol stations, and submarines.
It was developed by DRDO’s Naval Science & Technological Laboratory in collaboration with the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory.
Production partners are Bharat Dynamics Limited and Apollo Microsystems Limited.
Validation trials of Multi-Influence Ground Mine (MIGM) was successfully conducted by DRDO and @indiannavy . MIGM is designed to enhance the Indian Navy’s capabilities against the modern stealth ships and submarines. pic.twitter.com/z2JWHhFaKN
— DRDO (@DRDO_India) May 5, 2025
Indian Strikes Inside Pakistan
The test preceded New Delhi’s response to a major terrorist attack in Indian-administered Kashmir last month that India believes was orchestrated by Pakistan.
Several people have been killed in Pakistan in the Indian response, involving fighter jets and precision-guided munitions.
Before that, New Delhi announced a host of other punitive measures against Pakistan, drawing a reciprocal response from Islamabad.
