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<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>SOURCE – THE HINDU</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom: 13px; text-align: center;”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>GS PAPER – 3</span></span></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>CONTEXT</span></span></span></b><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”> – <span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>The Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) on Tuesday successfully test-fired the indigenously-developed Laser-Guided Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) from the Main Battle Tank (MBT) Arjun at KK Ranges in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
<p style=”margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>HIGHIGHTS –</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>
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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”vertical-align:baseline”><span style=”font-family:"Times New Roman",serif”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>The missile uses a warhead that has the capability to neutralise armored vehicles which have reactive armours, which are specially-designed protective armours used in military vehicles.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:12pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”vertical-align:baseline”><span style=”font-family:"Times New Roman",serif”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>The missile was fired at a range of around 3 km in the test and successfully took out a target.</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”> The missile has the capability of engaging with the target even if it is not in the line of sight.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>“Laser-guided ATGMs lock and track the targets with the help of laser designation to ensure precision-hit accuracy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”> The missile employs a tandem HEAT warhead to defeat Explosive Reactive Armour (ERA) protected armoured vehicles</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
<li style=”margin-bottom:13px; margin-left:8px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”><span style=”color:#3e3e3e”> It has been developed with multiple-platform launch capability and is currently undergoing technical evaluation trials from the gun of MBT Arjun.”</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></li>
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<p style=”margin-left:24px; margin-bottom:13px”><span style=”font-size:11pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:Calibri,sans-serif”><span style=”font-size:12.0pt”><span style=”line-height:150%”><span style=”font-family:"Cambria","serif"”>DEVELOPED BY – <span style=”color:#3e3e3e”>Pune-based DRDO facilities – Armament Research & Development Establishment (ARDE) and the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) — have developed the missile in collaboration with another DRDO laboratory, Instruments Research and Development Establishment (IRDE) in Dehradun.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p>