Question: India successfully test-fired the Guided Pinaka rocket from Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at which of the following place?
(a) Sriharikota
(b) Chandipur
(c) Jaisalmer
(d) Visakhapatnam
Ans: (b)
Related facts:
- On 12 January 2017; India on successfully test-fired the Guided Pinaka rocket from Integrated Test Range (ITR) launch pad at Chandipur in Odisha.
- This was the Mark-II version of Pinaka rocket was test fired from Launch Complex-III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR).
- The Guided Pinaka is a modified version of the Pinaka rocket, equipped with a navigation, guidance and control kit.
- This conversion has considerably enhanced the range and accuracy of Pinaka.
- The radars, electro-optical and telemetry systems at Chandipur tracked and monitored the vehicle all through the flight-path.
- The guided Pinaka has been combined developed by Pune-based Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE), Hyderabad-based Research Centre Imarat (RCI) and Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL).
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=157308
http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/jan/12/guided-rocket-pinaka-mark-ii-test-fired-successfully-1558974.html