DRDO conducts successful flight-test of Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket

Prelims-testable facts

• 01The Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket is designed by Armament Research and Development Establishment in association with High Energy Materials Research Laboratory.
• 02The rocket was tested for a user-defined minimum range of 60 kms during the flight-test on July 08, 2026.
• 03The flight-trial was coordinated by ITR (Integrated Test Range) and Proof & Experimental Establishment.
• 04The Pinaka LRGR rocket is launched from an in-service Pinaka launcher, demonstrating its versatility.
• 05Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO on the successful flight-test of the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket.
• 06The Pinaka LRGR rocket impacted the target with 'textbook precision' exactly following the predicted trajectory.

Trap alerts

• Most people think the Pinaka Long Range Guided Rocket is a new development, but actually it's an upgraded variant of the existing Pinaka launcher system.
• Most people think the successful flight-test was conducted at a range greater than 60 kms, but actually it was tested for a user-defined minimum range of 60 kms.