DRDO to conduct Anti Tank Guided Missile Nag’s trials soon
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  • (JULY 15-21)
    Reports noted that the missile complex of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has been seriously pursuing work on Nag, a third-generation 'Fire-and-Forget' anti-tank missile for the past few years. It was almost a year ago when the Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) failed in its user trials by the Indian Army in Rajasthan. DRDO had attributed the failure on the high temperatures in the desert where the tests were conducted. V G Sekaran, chief controller R&D (Missiles & Strategic Systems) and programme director, Agni, has said that trials for Nag with new 'more sensitive' and 'higher resolution' seekers being developed by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI) of DRDO will be conducted by this month end. Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) of DRDO has developed Nag. According to its director G Satheesh Reddy, the new seekers would perform well even in extremely hot temperatures with more efficiency and accuracy in hitting targets with new improved detectors on the missile tip for sensing heat or infra red signals. 1

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