NEW DELHI – A big artillery firepower boost for Indian Army along borderswith Pakistan.
In a boost to the artillery power of Indian Army, an upgraded version ofindigenously developed Pinaka guided rocket system was successfullytest-fired from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast onThursday (December 19).
The mission achieved all the objectives including enhancing the range,accuracy and sub-system functionality. The missile was fired from Pinakalauncher system in deployment configuration. The flight article was trackedby multiple range systems viz. Telemetry, Radars, Electro-optical targetingsystem (EOTS), etc. which confirmed the text book flight performance.
The missile system has been jointly developed by various DRDO Laboratoriesviz. Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Research CentreImarat (RCI), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Proof &Experimental Establishment (PXE) and High Energy Materials ResearchLaboratory (HEMRL).
The trial was conducted under the supervision of Director RCI Shri BHVSNarayana Murthy, Director ARDE Dr V Venkateswara Rao, Director ITR Dr BKDas, and Director PXE Shri DK Joshi. Secretary Department of Defence R&Dand Chairman DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy congratulated the teams involved inthe flight trial.
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Pinka is equipped with a high-end guiding kit which includes an advancednavigation and control system, according to an official press release.
The missile can hit targets with a high level of accuracy to achieveresults desired. In Monday’s trials, the missiles managed to successfullyhit targets 90 kilometres away.
