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Pradeep Kumar

26/06/21 09:00 AM IST

Enhanced Pinaka Rocket

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DRDO successfully test fired extended range version of indigenously developed Pinaka rocket from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) on 24th and 25th June 2021 at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

Highlights
  • Twenty-five Enhanced Pinaka Rockets were launched in quick succession against targets at different ranges.
  • All the mission objectives were met during the launches.
  • The enhanced range version of Pinaka Rocket System can destroy targets at distances up to 45 kms. 
  • All the flight articles were tracked by Range instruments including Telemetry, Radar and Electro Optical Tracking System deployed by ITR & Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE). 
  • The rocket system has been developed jointly by Pune based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) with manufacturing support from M/s Economic Explosives Limited, Nagpur.
  • The development of Enhanced Pinaka system was taken up to achieve longer range performance.  
Source: PIB

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