Question: Recently a Missile complex named after Dr. A.P.J Abdul kalam, where is located?
(a) Bengaluru
(b) Hyderabad
(c) Vishakhapatnam
(d) Jodhpur
Ans (b)
Related facts:
- On 15 October 2015 Defence Research Development Organisation’s (DRDO’s) Missile Complex in Hyderabad has been renamed as Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex.
- It was renamed after late President and Missile Man A P J Abdul Kalam on the occasion of his 84th birth anniversary in a ceremony presided by Union Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar.
- The Hyderabad Missile Complex is considered to be the brain child of Dr Kalam. It comprises Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) and Research Centre Imarat (RCI).
- Dr Kalam had joined Missile Complex in 1982 and was a part of it for nearly two decades.
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