PUNE: Two city-based Defence Research and Development (DRDO) laboratories played a significant role in providing key components to Mission Shakti, India’s anti-satellite missile test that was performed successfully at Abdul Kalam Island in Odisha.
PK Mehta, director general of Pune-headquartered Armament
Combat Engineering cluster, told pune-news.com
that the launcher of the missile was developed by the Dighi-based Research and
Development Establishment (Engineers). “Motors, propellants and stage
separation system were developed by the High Energy Materials Research
Laboratory (HEMRL) facilities of Pune and Nashik.”
These laboratories have played a pivotal role in other
missiles programmes as well, including Agni and Prithvi. “It is the historic
occasion for us. This success will boost the confidence level of our
scientists,” Mehta said.
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