The government on wednesday cleared a Rs 10,2 hundred-crore order for ammunition for the pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher system, in a primary boost to artillery modernisation.
The challenge turned into cleared via the cupboard committee on security. Beneath this project, forms of ammunition could be procured for the army, senior government assets advised india nowadays.Two contracts are scheduled to be signed via the cease of the modern-day economic yr on march 31. These contracts consist of Rs five,seven-hundred crore deal for excessive-explosive pre-fragmented ammunition and a Rs four,500 crore deal for place denial munitions.These orders could offer the vital ammunition for the 10 pinaka regiments already shaped, with additional regiments within the pipeline.The pinaka rocket machine has already verified its really worth in the indian military, especially with some regiments deployed in excessive-altitude regions alongside the northern data-borders with china. The machine's functionality to supply precise moves at high altitudes has made it one of the maximum advanced artillery rocket structures globally.Advanced through the defence studies and development enterprise (drdo), the pinaka rocket system has seen remarkable improvements. It boasts an prolonged range of up to seventy five km, with plans in place to decorate it further to 120 km and ultimately 300 km. This prolonged variety is expected to shift the focus absolutely onto pinaka, potentially phasing out alternative lengthy-range weapon structures.
