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DRDO successfully tested a new weapon called the 'Gaurav' long-range glide bomb (LRGB).
The bomb was tested from a Su-30 MKI fighter jet.
It was tested in different configurations and attached to multiple stations on the aircraft.
The bomb was aimed at a land target on an island, and it hit with pin-point accuracy.
It showed a range of nearly 100 km, meaning it can strike far-off targets without the aircraft entering danger zones.
Gaurav
It is an air launched 1,000 kg class glide bomb capable of hitting targets at long distance.
Features
It is an Air to Surface LRGB with conventional warheads to destroy enemy air strips, bunkers, hard installations, buildings etc.
It is designed to integrate with fighter aircrafts.
It consists of an Inertial Navigation based guidance system with Digital Control.
GAURAV has been designed and developed indigenously by the Research Centre Imarat (RCI), Hyderabad.
After being launched, the glide bomb steers towards the target using a highly accurate hybrid navigation scheme with a combination of INS and GPS data.
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