Pinaka missile successfully test-fired, extended range version hit targets at 90 kms

Chandipur: India successfully conducted the test-firing of its indigenously-developed Pinaka guided missile system from a test range off Odisha coast on Friday capable of striking up to a range of 90 kilometres. The extended range version of the missile now can hit targets at 90 kms.

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Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), the Pinaka is an artillery missile system that is capable of striking into enemy territory up to a range of 90 km with high precision. On December 19, it tested the same missile system capable of striking up to a range of 75 kilometres.

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Two round of trials of the missile was conducted at Pokhran range in Rajasthan in March this year. (ANI)
 

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