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Pinaka missile was experimented with to develop it further for anti armour use. The initial warhead options were pre-fragmented and incendiary. Later a Restricted High Explosive(RHE) option was added. Around early 2010, DRDO research papers had details about use of remote delivery sub-munitions type warhead for Pinaka. The photo above is from one such paper. The pic on the left is a schematic view of how the warhead would deploy the sub munitions and the right side pic shows one of the early prototypes of 2 sub-munitions of different sizes.
Then began the experimentation with Explosively Formed Penetrators/shaped charge warheads etc.. Here are some of the many photos out there :
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As our expertise at EFP grew so did our ideas on how to deploy them against enemy. But that's for a later post.
Meanwhile around 2015 there was a interesting tender. It was for
Vane type Parachute system Type A as per spec. no. ARDE/Pinaka/Parachute/01/2015 as per list 3. It was supposed to be used on Pinaka Mk2 to deliver "remotely delivered munitions". Link seems to have expired as the tender was closed.
The parachute to be procured was designed by the Aerial Delivery Research & Development Establishment(ADRDE), Agra. The design was based on the Parachute Tactical Assault-High Speed(PTA-HS) design. Just a much smaller simpler version of the same . The design would be handed over to private industry under full ToT for them to mass manufacture it. This is what the original design looks like :
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The Pinaka Mk2 has been tested quite a few times in the subsequent years. It was tested in 2016, 17, 18 and 19. Noting more has been heard of this warhead after 2015. But given DRDO's expertise on rocketry I'll wager they will develop it successfully, if they haven't done so already.
As for its current status, I reckon it is still under testing. But your guess is as good as mine.
@Ashwin @nair @BlackOpsIndia please move this conversation to this thread :
Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion
