{"id":19422,"date":"2025-02-07T03:32:47","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T22:02:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=19422"},"modified":"2025-04-05T17:26:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T11:56:16","slug":"pinaka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/pinaka\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinaka Multiple Rocket Launch System (MRLS)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pinaka Multiple Rocket Launch System Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>The Union Defence Ministry recently signed contracts worth \u20b910,147 crore for a variety of ammunition for the Army\u2019s Pinaka Multiple Rocket Launch Systems (MRLS).\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>About Pinaka Multiple Rocket Launch System (MRLS)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>battle-proven, all-weather, indirect area fire Artillery Weapon System.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It was developed by <strong>DRDO\u2019s Armament <\/strong>Research and Development Establishment (ARDE).<\/li>\n<li>It was <strong>first used during the Kargil War<\/strong>, where it successfully neutralised Pakistan Army positions on the mountain tops.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pinaka Multiple Rocket Launch System Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The<strong> quick response<\/strong> and relatively <strong>high pointing accuracy<\/strong> of the launcher enable it to deliver a large volume of fire against critical and time-sensitive enemy targets, within a very short time.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><strong>Each launcher carries 12 rockets,<\/strong> and a <strong>battery consists of six launchers (72 rockets total).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It delivers a variety of warheads, including high-explosive and submunitions.<\/li>\n<li>It has a <strong>range of 60 to 75 kilometers.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Initially unguided<\/strong>, but the <strong>Pinaka-Guided version uses INS\/GPS navigatio<\/strong>n for precision strikes.<\/li>\n<li>The system is mounted on a Tatra truck for mobility.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pinaka Multiple Rocket Launch System FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the range of Pinaka MRLS?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. It has a range of 60 to 75 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Who developed the Pinaka missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Pinaka is a multiple rocket launcher produced in India and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is HIMARS?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) is a light, multiple rocket launcher developed by the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/defence-ministry-signs-contracts-worth-10147-crore-for-pinaka-ammunition\/article69188072.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pinaka Multiple Rocket Launch System (MRLS) is a battle-proven, all-weather, indirect area fire Artillery Weapon System.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":19423,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}