DRDO’s Pinaka Guided Rocket Flight Test: Strengthening India’s Indigenous Long-Range Strike Capability
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted a flight test of the Pinaka long-range guided rocket from the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on July 8, 2026, validating the weapon system’s user-defined minimum strike range of 60 kilometres. This test is significant not merely as an isolated technical milestone but as part of…