India successfully test-fires Pinaka missile systems
India | April 09, 2022 22:05 ISTThe ministry said the rocket system has been upgraded with advanced technologies enhancing the range to meet the emerging requirements.
The ministry said the rocket system has been upgraded with advanced technologies enhancing the range to meet the emerging requirements.
While the Pinaka MK-I rocket system has a range of around 40 km, the Pinaka II variant can hit targets at a distance of 60 km. The range of the Pinaka-ER (MK-I variant is not immediately known.
The Pinaka Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS) has been indigenously designed and developed by DRDO and productionised by the above mentioned defence industries.
Amid an ongoing standoff with China at the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh, the Indian Army on Friday displayed the Pinaka and Smerch multiple rocket launcher systems in Assam.
Advanced version of the DRDO-developed Pinaka successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off coast in Odisha on November 04.
India on Wednesday test-fired DRDO-developed Pinaka from Integrated Test Range in Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.
The Defence Ministry signed an estimate of Rs. 5,000 crore deal to manufacture indigenous Pinaka multi barrel rocket launchers for the army, giving a major boost for the private industry.
In a bid to boost the combat capability of the armed forces, India on Thursday approved procurement of 33 frontline fighter jets, a number of missile systems and other military hardware at a cost of Rs 38,900 crore. The nod comes amid India's tense border standoff with China.
Pinaka missile was successfully test fired off Odisha coast on Friday. The missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was test fired from Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off Odisha coast.
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