ENHANCED PINAKA ROCKET

  • November 5, 2020
  • Posted by: OptimizeIAS Team
  • Category: DPN Topics
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Subject : Defence

Context : Enhanced PINAKA rocket, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation, DRDO has been successfully flight tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

Concept :

  • The enhanced Pinaka along with guidance Pinaka will cover the range between 60 to 90 kilometres and will be deployed by the Indian Army.
  • The design and development has been carried out by Pune based DRDO laboratories, namely Armament Research and Development Establishment, ARDE and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, HEMRL.
  • Enhanced version of the Pinaka rocket would replace the existing Pinaka Mk-I rockets which are currently under production.
Defence ENHANCED PINAKA ROCKET