India successfully test-fires guided Pinaka weapon system

India on Thursday successfully completed the flight tests of the guided Pinaka weapon system as part of a set of validation trials. The flight tests were conducted in three phases by the DRDO at different field firing ranges at undisclosed locations.
During these tests, the PSQR parameters, namely ranging, accuracy, consistency and rate of fire for multiple target engagements in a salvo mode were assessed through extensive testing of rockets.
The Ministry of Defence shared a video of the flight tests of the Guided Pinaka Weapon System on X on Thursday.

On Thursday, 12 rockets from each production agency – Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Larsen and Toubro for Pinaka launcher and Battery Command Post – were test-fired from two in-service Pinaka launchers upgraded by the launcher production agencies.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated the DRDO and the Army for the successful PSQR validation trials of the system and stated that the induction of this guided Pinaka weapon system would further boost the artillery firepower of the armed forces.
The precision strike variant for Pinaka multiple launch rocket system is a totally indigenous weapon system designed and developed by Armament Research and Development Establishment in association with Research Centre Imarat, Defence Research and Development Laboratory, High Energy Materials Research Laboratory and Proof and Experimental Establishment with Munitions India Limited and Economic Explosives Limited as production agencies for ammunition and Tata Advanced Systems Limited and Larsen and Toubro for Pinaka launcher and battery command post.
Samir V Kamat, Secretary, Department of Defence R&D and DRDO Chairman, congratulated the teams associated with the trials and said the rocket system had completed all pre-requisite flight trials before its induction into the Army.