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Komal gupta

11/12/21 09:25 AM IST

Source: PIB

Pinaka Extended Range System

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The Pinaka Extended Range (Pinaka- ER), Area Denial Munitions and indigenous fuzes carried out successful tests.

About Pinaka

  • It is a multi barrel rocket launcher system which is tested at the Pokhran range.
  • It offers a range of 70km which is 45 km over the existing range of the missile.
  • The Pinaka – ER is designed by the laboratories of Defence Research and Development Organisation – the Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Pune and High Energy Minerals Research Laboratory in Pune. 

Fuzes

  • Fuzes are devices that detonate any explosive material under specified conditions along with safety mechanisms.
  • There are indigenously developed proximity-fuzes for Pinaka rockets which are being tested.
  • These fuzes will replace the imported fuses and reduce the foreign dependency 
  • Miniaturised fuses have been developed by ARDE for Area Denial Munitions and anti-tank munitions. 

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