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DRDO To Test Shoulder-Fired Air Defence Missiles At High-Altitudes

June 16, 2024 admin

Missile system has been able to lock on, take out both long-range, short-range targets (Representational) New Delhi: Amid the large-scale requirement for shoulder-fired air defence missiles, DRDO is going to carry out trials of the indigenous shoulder-fired air defence missiles before handing them over to the Indian Army for user trials. The Defence Research and…

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DRDO Develops India’s Lightest Bulletproof Vest Against Highest Threat Level

April 23, 2024 admin

The ergonomically designed front HAP is made of a monolithic ceramic plate. New Delhi: A unit of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully developed the lightest bulletproof jacket in the country for protection against the highest threat level 6, an official statement said on Tuesday. This jacket is based on a new…

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Agni-Prime Missile: New generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime successfully flight-tested

April 4, 2024 admin

New generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime was successfully flight-tested by Strategic Forces Command & DRDO off the Odisha coast on April 3, 2024. Photo: X/@DRDO_India India successfully flight tested the new generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The Defence Ministry said the test-flight was carried out on…

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Agni-Prime, India’s New Generation Ballistic Missile, Flight-Tested Successfully

April 4, 2024 admin

Agni Prime Missile: The defence ministry said the test-flight was carried out on Wednesday evening. New Delhi: India successfully flight tested the new generation ballistic missile Agni-Prime from the APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. The defence ministry said the test-flight was carried out on Wednesday evening. It said the test met…

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When India Shot Down Its Own Satellite

March 27, 2024 admin

The test was spearheaded by Dr G Satheesh Reddy, former scientific advisor to the defence minister. New Delhi: It was a celestial encounter unlike any other in India’s history, like shooting a bullet with a bullet at a distance of nearly 300 km. On this day five years ago, India’s defence scientists shot down a…

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Gives India Next Level Deterrence Capability

March 11, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Agni-5 MIRV, the landmark ballistic weapons system, takes India’s second-strike capability to the next level, giving it “higher potency, better influence and denser zone,” said Dr V K Saraswat, former Director General of DRDO and currently Member Science and Technology, NITI Aayog, who was deeply involved with its development. The missile, developed over…

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DRDO Submits Report On Dual-Use Equipment Seized From Pak-Bound Ship

March 5, 2024 admin

India halted a Pak-bound Chinese ship at Mumbai’s Nhava Sheva on January 23. (Representational) New Delhi: In the case of the seizure of suspicious items being shipped from China for possible use in Pakistan’s nuclear weapons programme, a Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO) team on Monday submitted its official report to the competent…

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