Photo: Ministry of Defence The joint user trials for anti-tank guided missile systems, developed indigenously by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), have been carried out successfully in desert ranges on Friday. The trials of Helina (Army Version) and Dhruvastra (Air Force Version) missile systems have been carried out from Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) platform. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, the Army and Air Force for the achievements. Five missions were carried out for evaluating the missile capabilities in minimum and maximum range, the ministry of defence said in a release. The missiles were fired in hover and max forward flight against realistic static and moving targets. Some missions were carried out with warheads against derelict tanks. A mission was carried out against a moving target from a forward flying helicopter it said.
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India on Friday successfully tested its indigenously-developed anti-tank guided missile systems from an airborne platform.The missile systems have been designed and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).Joint .
HELINA anti-tank missiles launched from ALH Dhruv helicopter
HELINA anti-tank missiles launched from ALH Dhruv helicopter ANI | Updated: Feb 19, 2021 15:48 IST
Jaipur (Rajasthan) [India], February 19 (ANI): Four HELINA anti-tank missiles were launched from Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) Dhruv helicopter in the Rajasthan sector on Friday said Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) officials.
The HELINA anti-tank missiles were test-fired during the joint user trials by the Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF).
According to DRDO, the four missions were carried out for evaluating the missile capabilities in a minimum and maximum range of 7 kilometers.
The final mission was carried out with a warhead missile against a derelict tank. All the mission objectives were met.
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