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The Pinaka’s multi-barrel guided rocket system is capable of destroying a 900 square meter target, as it can drop 7.2 tons of high-level explosives at targets 80 km away in 48 seconds, with an accuracy of 25 meters.
India’s Defense Ministry said it would provide firepower to 1.3 million Indian soldiers, the ministry had signed a $ 380 million deal with Tata Power Company, Larsen & Toubro and Bharat Earth Movers Ltd to acquire six systems. rocket Pinaka, consisting of 114 launchers, for shared near the border with China. (Read: Chinese and Indian soldiers collide with empty hands in Pangong Tso)
“These six Pinaka regiments will be put into operation along the northern and eastern borders of our country, further improving the operational readiness of our Armed Forces,” read a statement issued by the Ministry of Defense, according to is cited. Sputnik, Tuesday (1/9/2020).
This is the first time that the government has allowed a private company to build the Pinaka rocket, which will gradually replace Russia’s SMERCH, capable of leveling an area of 1.1 square kilometers.
The Indian Army intends to have 22 Pinaka regiments by 2026, including 12 Pinaka missile regiments. Each regiment will consist of three batteries of the six Pinaka launchers mounted on Tatra trucks.
The units are designed and developed by the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO). Pinaka can also launch nuclear warheads at short distances.
Last month, Indian Defense Minister Rajnath Singh announced an outright ban on imports of defense equipment, including high-tech weapon systems such as artillery weapons, assault rifles, corvettes, sonar systems, transport aircraft. , light combat helicopters and radars.
Yet in recent days Indian and Chinese tensions in the disputed border region of Ladakh it is heating up again. Soldiers from the two sides clashed hand-to-hand in Pangong Tso, east of Ladakh, on the night of August 29-30.
There were no casualties in the confrontation. India accuses the Chinese army of making provocative military moves to change Ladakh’s status quo. However, Beijing has denied the accusations and demanded that New Delhi withdraw its troops from Ladakh.(Also read: Reaction of the TNI commander to the incident of the attack on the Ciracas police headquarters)
The armies of the two countries had previously been involved in deadly clashes in Ladakh in mid-June. India admits that 20 of its soldiers were killed in the fighting. Meanwhile, China is keeping secret how many soldiers may have died.
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