• The DRDO successfully test-fired its new generation nuclear-capable Agni Prime missile from a defence base off Odisha coast.

• The surface-to-surface ballistic missile has a range of 1000 to 2000 km.

• The canistered missile, an advanced variant in the Agni series, was test-fired from a mobile launcher off the Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.

• Its trajectory was monitored by sophisticated tracking radars and telemetry along the coast line.

• The nuclear-capable missile, which met all mission objectives with high level of accuracy, has been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

Test-firing of enhanced range version of 122mm caliber rockets

• Last week, the DRDO successfully test-fired enhanced range versions of its 122mm caliber rocket at the Chandipur test range in Odisha.

• These rockets have been developed for the Indian Army and can destroy targets up to 40 km.

• This enhanced rocket system would replace the existing 122mm Grad rockets.  

• Four enhanced versions of the rocket were fired from a multi-barrel launcher with full instrumentation and they completed mission objectives.

• All the flight articles were tracked by range instruments, including telemetry, radar and electro-optical tracking system deployed by integrated test range and Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE).

• The rocket systems have been developed jointly by Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) and High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) with manufacturing support from Economic Explosives Limited, Nagpur. 

Test-firing of enhanced version of Pinaka rockets

• The DRDO successfully test-fired an extended range version of indigenously developed Pinaka rocket at Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Chandipur off the coast of Odisha.

• Altogether 25 Enhanced Pinaka Rockets were test-fired in quick succession against targets at different ranges.

• The 122 mm Caliber rockets were launched from a Multi-Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL).

• The enhanced range version of Pinaka Rocket System can destroy targets at distances up to 45 kilometres.

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