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Context: Pinaka Mk-I (Enhanced) Rocket System (EPRS) and Pinaka Area Denial Munition (ADM) rocket systems have been successfully flight-tested by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Indian Army at Pokhran Firing Ranges
About Pinaka-ER Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System:
- This system is jointly designed by laboratories of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) - Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune.
- The Pinaka-ER is the upgraded version of the earlier Pinaka versionwhich has been in service with the Indian Army for the last decade.
- The system has been designed in the light of emerging requirements with advanced technologies enhancing the range.
- A battery of six launchers of Pinaka can fire a salvo of 72 rockets in 44 seconds, thereby neutralising an area of 1000mX800m.
Enhanced pinaka rocket
- It is indigenously developedby the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)
- The enhanced Pinaka along with guidance Pinaka will cover the range between 60 to 90 kilometres.
- It would replace the existing Pinaka Mk-1 rockets, which had a range of 36 km.
- It will be deployed by the Indian Army.
- The enhanced Pinaka has been developed to counter the People’s Liberation Army threat in East Ladakh with the Chinese deploying large number of rocket regiments in support of artillery guns.
- The enhanced Pinaka and guided Pinaka have both been cleared for deployment on the borders
Pinaka Rocket
- The Pinaka, a multi-barrel rocket-launcher (MBRL) system named after Shiva’s bow, can fire a salvo of 12 rockets over a period of 44 seconds.
- The development of the Pinaka multi-barrel rocket systems was started by the DRDO in the late 1980s, as an alternative to the Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher systems of Russian make called like the ‘Grad’.
- The navigation system of Guided Pinaka missile is also aided by the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).
IRNSS
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