Pinaka Missile System Successfully Flight-Tested

India recently conducted two successful test firings of Pinaka Missile System from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Odisha coast with the objective of checking its low range and functioning of live warhead along with its proximity initiation and salvo launch.

  • The missiles were integrated with live warhead and proximity fuse and the flight article was tracked by multiple range systems like telemetry, radars and electro- optical targeting system (EOTS). The mission achieved all the objectives including enhancing the range, accuracy and sub-system functionality.

Pinaka

  • Pinaka (named after the bow of Lord Shiva) is an indigenous multi-barrel rocket launch ....
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