The Pinaka rocket launcher. PTI
The Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO) is growing Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers that may have the ability to strike targets at 120 km and 200 km.
Based on defence officers, two South American international locations have proven curiosity within the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launchers. The event is seen to be an enormous success for indigenous weapon techniques within the nation after many international locations opted for India-made Tejas plane.
The Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation has additionally now began engaged on growing two kinds of long-range rockets for the techniques, together with a 120Km and a 200-strike functionality model, they mentioned. The DRDO could be producing and growing the brand new rockets with its companions in each personal and public sector industries.
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The Indian-made Pinaka weapon system is called after the bow of God Shiva and has been developed by the DRDO.”We have now already achieved success within the exports of the Pinaka MBRLs to Armenia. Two South American nations have proven curiosity within the system seeing its capabilities,” defence officers advised ANI.
The current rockets can strike targets at as much as 75-80 Kms.”The DRDO is now engaged on long-range rockets which could possibly be fired from the identical set of launchers which might be already in service with the Indian Military and can assist in saving prices,” the officers mentioned.
The Pinaka MBRL has been one of many success tales within the indigenous weapon techniques developed by the DRDO in partnership with personal and public sector items.
Whereas the launcher automobiles are made by the Tata Group and Larsen and Toubro, the rockets are made by the Photo voltaic Industries and the Munitions India Restricted. The brand new rockets’ venture can also be anticipated to contain personal sector companies in improvement and manufacturing.
The rockets have been an enormous success in Indian defence forces additionally because the just lately cleared the proposal for the acquisition of two kinds of these rockets, often known as Space Denial Munition Sort 2 and Sort-3, defence for the Military.
The rockets could be procured by the Indian Military from indigenous sources solely and two primary contenders embrace the Financial Explosives Restricted of Photo voltaic Industries and the Munitions India Restricted– one of many ammunition-producing corporations created by the corporatisation of the erstwhile Ordnance Factories, they mentioned.
As a part of bigger artillery modernisation plans, the military has a requirement of enormous regiments of the Pinaka MBRL. Pinaka regiments of the Indian Military embrace launchers with automated gun aiming and positioning techniques and command posts.
With inputs from ANI.