Ikara is an Australian long-range anti-submarine weapons system, first deployed in the Australian Type 82 guided missile destroyers during the late 1960's. Ikara is a guided rocket carrying an American Type 44 lightweight homing torpedo which is parachuted into the sea near the target when ordered to be released by command from the controlling ship... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RI.HTM