HELINA Missile

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• An Anti-Tank Guided Missile ‘HELINA’ was successfully launched from an indigenously-developed helicopter at high-altitude ranges as part of user validation trials. 
  • The flight-test was jointly conducted by the teams of scientists from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), Indian Army and Indian Air Force (IAF).
  • The missile is guided by an Imaging Infra-Red (IIR) Seeker operating in the Lock on Before Launch mode. 

About HELINA

• HELINA (Helicopter based NAG) is a third generation fire and forget class anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) system mounted on the Advanced Light Helicopter (ALH). 
• The system has all weather day and night capability and can defeat battle tanks with conventional armour as well as explosive reactive armour. 
• The HELINA missile can engage targets both in direct hit mode as well as top attack mode. 
• HELINA Weapon Systems is being inducted into the Indian Army (IA). 
  • A variant of the HELINA Weapon System called DHRUVASTRA is being inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF).

Source:PIB