Man Portable Antitank Guided Missile (MPATGM)
- DRDO successfully flight tested indigenously developed Man-Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile (MPATGM)
- The missile was launched from a man-portable launcher integrated with thermal site.
- This will provide a major boost to Atmanirbhar Bharat.
About Missile
- MPATGM is the Low weight, fire and forget, man-portable variant of the Nag third-generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM)
- This missile is for infantry and Parachute (Special Forces) of the Indian Army.
- It is 'Soft' launched from a canister using an Ejection Motor.
- It uses a state-of-the-art Imaging Infrared (IIR) seeker for homing on to the target.
- It is launched using a tripod and is designed for a max. range of 2.5 Km with a launch weight less than 15 Kg.
- It is Armed with a high-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) warhead.
NAG missile
- NAG missile has been developed to strike and neutralise highly-fortified enemy tanks.
- It also has night strike capabilities.
- ATGMs are missile systems that can strike and neutralise armoured vehicles such as tanks.
- It has two attack modes:
- Top attack mode: missile climb sharply after launch and travel at a certain altitude, then plunge on top of the target.
- Direct attack mode: missile travels at a lower altitude, directly striking the target.
- It has a capability to defeat Main Battle Tanks (MBT) equipped with composite and reactive armour.
DRDO
- It is the Premier agency under the Department of Defence Research and Development in Ministry of Defence.
- It was estd in 1958.
- It is a network of more than 50 laboratories which are engaged in developing defence technologies covering various fields, like aeronautics, armaments, electronics, land combat engineering, life sciences, materials, missiles, and naval systems
- DRDO is India's largest and most diverse research organisation.