‘Dhruvastra’ successfully test-fired in Odisha, missile can destroy enemy tanks with precision (VIDEO)
These trials come in the backdrop of ongoing disengagement process between India-China at the friction points between the two armies in eastern Ladakh.
New Delhi: Trials of Helicopter-launched Nag Missile anti-tank guided missile (HELINA), now named ‘Dhruvastra’, were conducted on July 15 and July 16 at Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore.
The trails were conducted without a helicopter in direct and top attack mode
These trials come in the backdrop of ongoing disengagement process between India-China at the friction points between the two armies in eastern Ladakh.
#WATCH Trials of Helicopter-launched Nag Missile (HELINA), now named Dhruvastra anti-tank guided missile in direct and top attack mode. The flight trials were conducted on 15&16 July at ITR Balasore (Odisha). This is done without helicopter. pic.twitter.com/Jvj6geAGLY
— ANI (@ANI) July 22, 2020
In July 2019, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) had carried out three successful test firings of the Nag missiles in the Pokhran firing ranges.
Nag was one of the first five strategic missiles planned to be developed under the Integrated Missile Development Programme initiated in the 1980s.
The other missiles developed under the project include the Agni, Prithvi and Akash and all three of them have been successfully developed and inducted into the armed forces. (ANI)