Tirals for Helina & Dhruvastra carried out

Tirals for Helina & Dhruvastra carried out

Part of: GS Prelims and GS – III – Defence and Security

In news

• Joint User Trials for the ‘Helina’, and ‘Dhruvastra’ have been carried out from Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH) platform in desert ranges.
• Helina is helicopter-launched version of the Nag anti-tank guided missile. 
• ‘Dhruvastra’ is its Air Force variant. 

Key takeaways 

Helina 

• Helina is a third-generation, Lock on Before Launch (LOBL) fire and forget class anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system. 
• It has all- weather day and night operational capabilities. 
• It can defeat battle tanks with conventional and explosive reactive armour (ERA). 
• It can engage targets both in direct hit mode as well as top attack mode.
• Dhruvastra has similar properties as well. 
• However, it is developed by the DRDO