After Air-launched Version Now Ship-launched Version of Pinaka
Air-launched/Ship-launched Version of Pinaka The Pinaka MLRS looks set to become the golden goose of the Indian defense industry. Unlike the Brahmos supersonic cruise missile which is very costly; Pinaka with a 300 km range variant (if developed) at a fraction of cost, might well do the same job although what a single Brahmos could do; at least 6 Pinaka MLRS needs to be fired at 300 km range to achieve the same result. While India needs to take care of MTCR regulations to export Brahmos to other countries like the Philippines (deal done), Indonesia, and Vietnam (deal expected), India won’t need to worry about MTCR to export Pinaka to other countries like Armenia (deal done), France, Greece, Morrocco (deal expected). I had predicted way back in 2023 that India needs to develop an air-launched variant of Pinaka for use by the Indian Air Force . Thankfully the good guys of DRDO either read my blog on air-launched Pinaka or someone fed the idea to them and that could become ...