Indian Air Power efficiently performed the drop of an indigenously designed & developed Lengthy Vary Glide Bomb (Khagantak-243), on Wednesday. (@IAF_MCC X/ANI Photograph)
The Indian Air Power has achieved a major breakthrough in indigenous precision-strike functionality with the profitable drop trial of the indigenously designed and developed Lengthy Vary Glide Bomb (LRGB), Khagantak-243.
The achievement marks a significant milestone for each the IAF and Indian defence business.
IAF posted on X that Precision. Energy. Pleasure. A major milestone for the IAF and Indian Business. The Indian Air Power efficiently performed the drop of an indigenously designed & developed Lengthy Vary Glide Bomb (Khagantak-243). The Trials met all goals scaling new peaks of lethality by Atmanirbhar Bharat.
The trial marks one other necessary step in direction of enhancing India’s indigenous precision-strike capabilities and strengthening the imaginative and prescient of Aatmanirbhar Bharat within the defence sector.
The profitable trial of Khagantak-243 is predicted to supply a significant enhance to the event of long-range air-to-ground precision weapons by Indian business. Lengthy-range glide bombs are designed to allow fight plane to have interaction targets from stand-off distances, permitting platforms to strike enemy targets whereas remaining outdoors the attain of sure air defence programs.
The event of Khagantak-243 comes amid a sustained push by the federal government and the Armed Forces to cut back dependence on imported weapon programs and promote indigenous design, growth and manufacturing of superior defence applied sciences.
Printed – September 03, 2026 04:20 am IST
