New Delhi: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a flight test of the Pinaka Long-Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) on Wednesday at the Integrated Test Range in Chandipur, Odisha. Providing details, the Ministry of Defence stated that the rocket was tested for a minimum range of 60 kilometers, as required. The Ministry added that the rocket executed all planned maneuvers during the flight and hit the target exactly as predicted. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO and the Indian Army on the successful test of the Pinaka system. He described the achievement as a significant milestone in indigenous design and development capabilities for long-range guided rockets.
Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket (LRGR) was successfully tested for a user defined minimum range of 60 km at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur on 08 July 2026. During the trial, LRGR impacted on the target with textbook precision exactly following the predicted… pic.twitter.com/c8daYom3rw
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DRDO Chairman monitored
The Defense Ministry said that the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Armament Research and Development Establishment have developed this rocket in collaboration with the Defense Research and Development Laboratory and Research Center Building. The rocket was launched from the Pinaka launcher which is already in service. The government said that DRDO Chairman Rajesh Kumar Singh, who is also the Defense Secretary and Secretary, Department of Defense R&D, personally supervised and facilitated all the teams involved in the testing of this rocket. The rocket was launched from the already in use Pinaka launcher, which demonstrated its versatility and the ability to launch Pinaka variants with different ranges from the same launcher.
hit the target with accuracy
Officials said that during the flight as per plan, the LRGR followed all the parameters precisely and hit the target with excellent accuracy. He said that all the instruments installed to monitor the test kept an eye on the entire path of the rocket during the flight.
