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New Delhi: (Defence News) An enhanced version of Pinaka Rocket System has been successfully flight-tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha on Wednesday. The new Pinaka Rocket System has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). "Development of Enhanced Pinaka system was taken up to achieve longer range performance compared to an earlier design with a reduced length. The design and development has been carried out by Pune based DRDO laboratories, namely Armament Research and Development Establishment, ARDE and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory, HEMRL" Ministry of Defence said in a press release issued Wednesday evening.
The Pinaka rockets have a range of around 37 km. "Enhanced version of PINAKA Rocket System, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been successfully flight-tested from Integrated Test Range, Chandipur off the coast of Odisha today," DRDO tweeted after the successful test.
A total of six rockets were launched in quick succession and the tests met complete mission objectives. Rockets tested have been manufactured by M/s Economic Explosives Limited, Nagpur, to whom the technology has been transferred. All the flight articles were tracked by Range instruments such as telemetry, radar and Electro-Optical Tracking Systems which confirmed the flight performance.
The enhanced version of the Pinaka rocket would replace the existing Pinaka Mk-I rockets which are currently under production.
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