India Successfully Test-Fires “Pinaka”
- India’s defence lab DRDO successfully tested-fired the indigenously developed guided rocket system‘’Pinaka’’ on March 12th at Pokhran desert in Rajasthan.
Pinaka
- Pinaka is a multiple rocket launcher produced in India and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army.
- The system has a maximum range of 40 km for Mark-I and 75 km for Mark-II and can fire a salvo of 12 HE rockets in 44 seconds.
- The system is mounted on a Tatra truck for mobility.
- Pinaka saw service during the Kargil War, where it was successful in neutralising enemy positions on the mountain tops.
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