LONG-RANGE BOMB

Oct. 31, 2021

An Indian Air Force (IAF) team and the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully flight-tested the country’s first indigenously developed long-range bomb (LRB) from a fighter jet over Balasore in Odisha.

About:

  • The bomb is part of the class of weapons with a range of 50 to 150 km.

  • The bomb has been designed and developed by DRDO’s Research Centre Imarat (RCI) laboratory in Hyderabad, in coordination with other DRDO laboratories.

  • The Long-Range Bomb after release from the IAF fighter aircraft, guided to a land-based target at a long range with accuracy within specified limits. All the mission objectives were successfully met.

  • Successful flight test of Long-Range Bomb has marked an important milestone in indigenous development of this class of systems.