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The Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher can deliver up to seven tonnes of explosives through 216 launcher tubes in 44 second to a target 60 km away

Updated On: 15 Nov 2024 | 6:35 PM IST

The EPRS is the upgraded version of the Pinaka variant that has been in service with the Indian Army for the last decade

Updated On: 09 Apr 2022 | 9:32 PM IST

DRDO said it has successfully tested the extended range Pinaka (Pinaka-ER) Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System at Rajasthan's Pokhran Range

Updated On: 11 Dec 2021 | 12:27 PM IST

The Enhanced Pinaka has demonstrated twice that range and an ability to strike within 10 metres of where it is aimed

Updated On: 11 Nov 2020 | 10:41 PM IST

The DGQA is responsible for ensuring quality specifications and standards of all defence equipment

Updated On: 25 Sep 2020 | 11:38 PM IST

In a big boost to the 'Make in India' initiative, the Defence Ministry has signed contracts worth Rs 2580 crores with Indian companies to supply six Army regiments with Pinaka missiles.The Acquisition Wing, Ministry of Defence signed contracts with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML), Tata Power Company Ltd (TPCL), and Larsen & Toubro (L & T) on August 31, a statement from the ministry said.The six Pinaka Regiments comprise of 114 Launchers with automated gun aiming & positioning system (AGAPS) and 45 command posts to be procured from M/s TPCL and M/s L & T, and 330 vehicles to be procured from M/s BEML.These will be operationalised along the northern and eastern borders, and their induction is planned to be completed by 2024.The project has been approved by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, and Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.The Pinaka multiple launch rocket system (MLRS) has been indigenously designed by DRDO, it is produced by the industries named above in a

Updated On: 01 Sep 2020 | 7:12 AM IST

The navigation system of the missile is also aided by the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS).

Updated On: 20 Dec 2019 | 6:39 PM IST

Pinaka is a multi-barrel rocket launching system developed by Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), DRDO

Updated On: 07 Aug 2018 | 11:39 PM IST

No need for risky surgical strikes as rocket can hit terror camps across LoC with pinpoint accuracy

Updated On: 27 Jan 2017 | 3:22 AM IST

It consists of 12 tubes mounted on a high-mobility Tatra vehicle, each of which fires a rocket

Updated On: 13 Jan 2017 | 1:30 AM IST

The MoD has bought two regiments of the indigenous Pinaka multi-barrelled rocket launcher for Rs 3,230 crore

Updated On: 02 Dec 2016 | 12:10 AM IST