India successfully test fires guided Pinaka
India’s Defence Research and Defence Organisation (DRDO) has successfully test fired the guided Pinaka rocket at the Pokhran test ranges in Rajasthan, the Indian MoD announced on 11 March.
In both firings the weapon systems impacted the intended targets with high precision and achieved desired accuracies. Telemetry systems tracked and monitored the vehicle all through the flightpath.
Developed indigenously by the DRDO, the guided Pinaka met all the mission objectives during firings.
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