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(THE GIST OF PIB) Pinaka Extended Range System

[DECEMBER-2021]

Successful tests of Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka-ER), Area Denial Munitions (ADM) and indigenously developed fuzes have been carried out at various test ranges.

The Pinaka-ER Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher System was successfully tested at Pokharan range.
The system is jointly designed by laboratories of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL), Pune.
The DRDO, after establishing the performance efficacy of the enhanced range Pinaka, transferred the technology of the system to the industry.
The Pinaka-ER is the upgraded version of earlier Pinaka version which 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.
The Area Denial Munition (ADM) variants of munition designed by the ARDE, Pune for Pinaka and manufactured by the industry partners under technology transfer were successfully carried out at Pokhran Field Firing Ranges.
The indigenously-developed proximity fuzes for Pinaka rockets have also been tested.