ALL ABOUT PINAKA ROCKET SYSTEM

 The defense ministry announced that its acquisition wing had signed contracts with three Indian companies for the supply of six regiments of the Pinaka rocket system these rocket systems will be deployed along borders with Pakistan and china  we will discuss the key points of the announcements made by the defense ministry we will also know the origin of Pinaka rocket system the salvo of Pinaka what is salvo mode and lastly, we will also know about the capabilities and versions of Pinaka 

Accusation wing of defence ministry has signed contracts with public sector entity Bharat earth movers limited and private players TATA power company limited and larsen and tubero according to the contract these entities will supply six pinaka regiments to the regiment of artillery of the indian army these rocket systems will be operationalized along the northern and eastern borders of the country the approximate cost of this acquisition is rupees 2580 crore these six pinaka regiments comprise of 114 launchers with automated gun aiming and positioning systems and 45 command posts the latest acquisition will be completed by the year 2024 now we'll know about the origin of pinaka rocket system pinaka is an indigenously developed rocket system named after lord shiva's bow its development was started by the defense research and development organization in the late 1980s the development took place as a substitute to the multi-barrel rocket launching systems of russian make called like the grad grad is still in use after successful test of pinaka mark 1 in the late 1990 it was first deployed in the battlefield during the cargill war of 1999 very successfully afterwards several regiments of the system came up over the 2000 in the battlefield long range artillery systems such as pinaka are utilized for attacking the enemy targets before the close quarter battles the close quarter battles involve smaller range artillery armored elements and the infantry moving further the salvo of pinaka the pinaka is primarily a multi-barrel rocket system that is MBRL system it can fire a salvo of 12 rockets over a period of 44 seconds one battery of pinaka system comprises six launch vehicles along with loader systems radar and links with network based systems and a command post one battery can neutralize an area of one square kilometer as an important tactic of long range artillery battle the launchers have to shoot and scoot to make sure they themselves do not become the targets particularly due to its back blast hence the launcher vehicles should have a high degree of maneuverability what is salvo mode salvo is simultaneous discharge of firearms this is a tactic used to cripple an enemy and prevent them from fighting back what are the capabilities and versions of pinaka the mark 1 version of pinaka has a range of around 40 kilometers and the mark ii version can fire up to 75 kilometers over late 2010s multiple successful tests of mark ii version have been carried out by the drdo latest ones taking place this month at pokhran mark ii version of the rocket has been improved as a guided missile system by integrating it with the navigation control and guidance system it has been modified to improve the end accuracy and increase the range the navigation system of missile is added by the indian regional navigation satellite system rockets are less accurate in comparison to artillery guns but the addition of guidance and navigation systems their accuracy can be increased with its advancement the pinaka mark ii can be a crucial element in the network-centric warfare the rocket system can operate many modes and can carry several warheads lastly let us know how useful is the latest accusation presently india is facing hostilities on both fronts china as well as pakistan at this time the decision to enhance the long range artillery capabilities can be looked as a strong signal to the enemies this step can be a major boost to make in india as well as atma nirbhar bharat initiative