With 7th regiment, Army expands Pinaka fleet

NEW DELHI: With accrued information menace on the occidental and bluish frontiers, particularly aft past year's struggle with Pakistan, the Indian Army has added different Pinaka regiment and is preparing to induct 1 much by the extremity of the year, it is learnt.

With the operationalisation of 1 much regiment, the Indian Army present has 7 Pinaka rocket launcher regiments deployed on its borders with Pakistan and China. "The eighth regiment has received much than fractional its equipment. It should go operational earlier the extremity of 2026," a root said.Two much regiments are apt to beryllium operationalised adjacent year, which volition instrumentality the full fig of Pinaka regiments successful deployment to 10.

The Army has a semipermanent extremity of 22 regiments, equipping them with newer, longer-range guided versions. In Aug 2020, the Army signed contracts with Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML), Tata Power Company(TPCL) and Larsen & Toubrofor proviso of six Pinaka regiments astatine an approximate outgo of Rs 2,580 crore. Developed by DRDO, Pinaka is India's premier indigenous multi-barrel rocket launcher. While aboriginal versions had a scope of 40 km, newer variants specified arsenic Guided Pinaka and Long-Range Guided Rocket person extended ranges of up to 120 km, making the strategy a captious plus for deep-strike operations.