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Pinaka rocket system into guided missile
June 16 , 2018
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- The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has converted indigenous Pinaka rocket system into a precision-guided missile, with enhanced range and accuracy to hit its targets.
- It is jointly developed by
- Pune based Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE),
- Defense Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), Hyderabad
- Research Centre, Imarat (RCI)
- It is fired using multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) and the rocket has been named after Pinaka, the bow of Lord Shiva.
- It already has been inducted into Indian Army and Pinaka Mark I was used in 1999 Kargil conflict.
- Its initial version (Pinaka Mark I) was upgraded into Pinaka Mark II, with an enhanced range of 70 to 80 km with a five-metre accuracy compared to Mark I, with a range of 40 km.
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