Defence Rocket Testing at Pameungpeuk

PT Pindad (Persero) which joined on Rocket National Consortium along with Ministry of Research and Technology. Ministry of Defence, and some of State Owned Enterprises Companies such as PT Pindad (Persero), PT Dahana (Persero), and PT Dirgantara Indonesia (Persero), was re-hosted the defence rocket testing. The testing was held at Sonda Rocket Launcher Station, Pameungpeuk Garut, West Java on March 6^th, 2014. PT Pindad (Persero) representatives who attended the event were Director of Weaponry System Ade Bagdja and Deputy Director of Research and Development Triyono Priohutomo.

The purpose of this rocket testing was to perform dynamic test of some rocket units toward some kind of launchers. The dynamic test was performed on 2 units of RHAn-122 toward Multi Launcher Rocket System (MLRS) which belong to Ministry of Defence, 3 units of RHan-122B toward Marines RM 70 GRAD barrel, and dynamic test 3 units of RX-2020 toward PT Pindad (Persero)s Peluncur Roket Modular 861 (Modular Rocket Launcher) or PRM 861.

The result of this testing was satisfying, all rocket units could launch properly. Afterwards, the evaluation was carried out by the team in order to generate feedback that could be used as an input to the development for defence rocket in the future.