04-06-2008, 06:42 PM
<b>Chandipur to be expanded three fold</b>
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India's ballistic missile and weapons testing facility in Orissa's Chandipur is being expanded to thrice its present size and modernised to test indigenously-developed weapons for India's defence forces.
"The test site would be expanded 50 km southward and 50 km into the sea to test home-made tanks, rocket launchers and artillery," Army's spokesperson in Eastern Command, Group Captain R K Das told reporters.
The test site which is now 19.5 km in length along Orissa coast and 3 km in width will not need land acquisition for the expansion as it has been acquired earlier, Das said.
The test site known as Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) is Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) oldest weapons testing facility.
According to Das, the facility would also be modernised. "The ammunition storage and handling systems will also be modernised. Upgraded PXE will be better equipped to test indigeneously-developed tanks and weapons to cater to the future demands of the country's defence forces," Das said.
The trial of Arjun tanks, multi-barrel PINAKA rocket launchers, Remotely-delivered Minelet System, Modular Charge System, Enhanced Range Rocket and cargo ammunition are currently being carried out here, the spokesman said.
Other ammunition which are also being tested there include, T-72 ammunition, 155 mm illuminating ammunition, 130 mm HE ammunition, fuses, ordnance for 155, 130 and 120 mm guns, propellant charges, armour plates and Super Rapid Gun Mounting. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
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India's ballistic missile and weapons testing facility in Orissa's Chandipur is being expanded to thrice its present size and modernised to test indigenously-developed weapons for India's defence forces.
"The test site would be expanded 50 km southward and 50 km into the sea to test home-made tanks, rocket launchers and artillery," Army's spokesperson in Eastern Command, Group Captain R K Das told reporters.
The test site which is now 19.5 km in length along Orissa coast and 3 km in width will not need land acquisition for the expansion as it has been acquired earlier, Das said.
The test site known as Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) is Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) oldest weapons testing facility.
According to Das, the facility would also be modernised. "The ammunition storage and handling systems will also be modernised. Upgraded PXE will be better equipped to test indigeneously-developed tanks and weapons to cater to the future demands of the country's defence forces," Das said.
The trial of Arjun tanks, multi-barrel PINAKA rocket launchers, Remotely-delivered Minelet System, Modular Charge System, Enhanced Range Rocket and cargo ammunition are currently being carried out here, the spokesman said.
Other ammunition which are also being tested there include, T-72 ammunition, 155 mm illuminating ammunition, 130 mm HE ammunition, fuses, ordnance for 155, 130 and 120 mm guns, propellant charges, armour plates and Super Rapid Gun Mounting. <!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->