Year of hectic activity for Hyderabad-based DRDO labs
The Hindu
Missile launches and testing of other weapon systems were meticulously planned despite the cascading effect of COVID-induced lockdown in 2020
It has been a year of an unusual spree of missile launches, testing of new weapon and defence systems by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) labs, most of which are established here. Testing centres at Balasore, offshore site at the Kalam island, Jaisalmer and Pokhran in Rajasthan and others became a beehive of activity when at least a dozen new age advanced weapon systems for the armed forces underwent trials before the induction.
Senior officials, requesting anonymity, explained that the missile launches and testing of other weapon systems were meticulously planned despite the cascading effect of COVID-induced lockdown in 2020. Though defence lab works were in full swing with protocols in place, field trials which involved coordination among different agencies, movement of equipment and the likes, made it an assembly line of trial launches.