Bhubaneswar: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik congratulated the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) Sunday afternoon for the successful test-fire of the Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) Howitzer at Chandipur Integrated Test Range (ITR) in Balasore district.
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Taking to Twitter the CM said, “Congratulate @DRDO_India on the successful test firing of Advanced Towed Artillery Gun System (ATAGS) Howitzer at Baleswar test firing range”.
Notably, India conducted a series of trials of a fresh batch of the state-of-the-art ATAGS off Odisha coast Saturday. The venture paved the way for its early induction into the Indian armed forces.
However, the user specific trials of the gun system are considered to be the best in its class in the world. The trials were conducted from the Proof and Experimental Establishment (PXE) – a DRDO test range to validate the fire power of the advanced howitzer.
PNN