DRDO Successfully Test Fires Enhanced Pinaka Rocket Off Odisha Coast

DRDO Successfully Test Fires Enhanced Pinaka Rocket Off Odisha Coast

• The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired extended range version of indigenously developed Pinaka rocket on June 24 and 25, 2021.
• The rockets were launched from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.  
• The enhanced range version of Pinaka Rocket System can destroy targets at distances up to 45 kms.  
• 25 Enhanced Pinaka Rockets were launched in quick succession against different range targets.
• The Pinaka Rocket system has been developed jointly by Pune based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) with manufacturing support from M/s Economic Explosives Limited, Nagpur. 

Source: PIB