Rajnath congratulates DRDO, IAF on successfully flight-tested Long-Range Bomb

New Delhi, Oct 30: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and (IAF) on successfully flight-tested indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB) from an aerial platform and stated that this will prove to be a force multiplier for the Indian Armed Forces.

 

 

 

The LR Bomb, after release from the IAF fighter aircraft, guided to a land-based target at a long-range with accuracy within specified limits. All the mission objectives have been successfully met.

 

 

The flight of the bomb and the performance was monitored by a number of Range Sensors including the Electro-Optical Tracking System (EOTS), Telemetry and Radar deployed by the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha, said the Ministry of Defence in a statement. The LR Bomb has been designed and developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), a DRDO laboratory located at Hyderabad in coordination with other DRDO laboratories.

 

 

Secretary Department of Defence Research and Development and Chairman DRDO, Dr G Satheesh Reddy in his message to the teams said that the successful flight test of LR Bomb has marked an important milestone in indigenous development of this class of systems.