India has conducted the first salvo launch of the NASM-SR anti-ship missile from a helicopter off Odisha. The test involved two missiles fired in quick succession and demonstrated targeting and guidance systems developed by DRDO.
The ULPGM-V3 has three modular warhead options including anti-armour to destroy modern armoured vehicles equipped with Rolled Homogeneous Armour with Explosive Reactive Armour, Penetration-cum-Blast warhead with anti-bunker application and pre-fragmentation warhead.
The Akash Prime Weapon System has been developed by Army Air Defence and the Defence Research and development Organisation (DRDO) ‘in conjunction with Defence PSUs (Public Sector Units) such as Bharat Dynamics Limited and Bharat Electronics Limited.’
The Pinaka Rocket Mark-II, which evolved from Pinaka Mark-I is equipped with a navigation, guidance and control kit and has been transformed to a Guided Pinaka.
This is the third Indian missile test this week, a hat-trick of sorts, after the successful launches of Shaurya and Prithvi-II missiles, last Saturday and Monday, respectively.
India Monday successfully test fired Prithvi-II — its indigenously developed, nuclear-capable ballistic missile — from a test range in Orissa, an official said.
A statement issued by the Ministry of Defense said the launch took place at 1020 hours local time and that ‘the missile followed the trajectory in a copybook style and reached the designated target in the Bay of Bengal’.
The single stage missile, fitted with a directional Warhead and other ‘advanced systems’ neutralized the target, said a statement issued by the Ministry of Defense.
