Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully tested an indigenously-built lightweight glide bomb at

2017

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Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) successfully tested an indigenously-built lightweight ’glide bomb’ at

A	Odisha
B	Assam
C	Kolkata
D	Hyderabad

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -On 3 November 2017, a series of three tests were successfully conducted from an Indian Air Force aircraft at the ITR at Chandipur, Odisha. The bomb, upon release from the aircraft, was guided by an on-board precision navigation system and reached the targets at a range of more than 70 kilometers with high accuracy.

Detailed explanation-2: -UPSC Mains. Q. India’s first indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB) has been developed by which organisation? Notes: An Indian Air Force (IAF) team and Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested India’s first indigenously developed Long-Range Bomb (LRB).

Detailed explanation-3: -DRDO has developed an indigenous 84 mm calibre, 7 kg lightweight recoilless reusable ATGM launcher for the Indian army which will replace the 14 kg Carl Gustav Mark-II launcher.

Detailed explanation-4: -The bomb was released from 10 km altitude which successfully hit a sea based target using laser guidance. It is a 1, 000 kg bomb which DRDO developed as an alternative to Spice 2000. The LRGB is a part of a family of newly developed precision guided munitions with a range of 50 km to 150 km in range.

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