20 August 2012

News Story: (India) DRDO's Nag missile fails in user trials

Nag Anti-Tank Missile (Wiki Info)

NEW DELHI (PTI): The long-delayed Nag anti-tank missile project of the DRDO has suffered yet another setback as its user trials held recently failed.

In the trials held in Rajasthan in presence of senior Lt. Gen-rank officers from the Indian Army and top DRDO officials, the modified carrier of the missile called NAMICA also under-performed, DRDO sources told PTI here.

In the trials held at the Mahajan firing range, four Nag missiles were fired of which only one could hit the target whereas the remaining failed to do so due to glitches in the equipment on-board the weapon, they said.

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