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- An upgraded version of Pinaka MK III rocket was successfully test-fired from Chandipur in Odisha.
- It is modified as a missile by integrating with the navigation, control and guidance system to improve the end accuracy and enhance the range.
- Pinaka is an artillery missile system capable of striking into an enemy territory up to a range of 75 km with high precision.
- The navigation system of the missile is also aided by the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) also called as NAVIC.
- The missile system has been jointly developed by various Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) laboratories.
- Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE)
- Research Centre Imarat (RCI)
- Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL)
- Proof & Experimental Establishment (PXE)
- High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL).
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