Pokhran: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) today successfully test-fired an indigenously-developed 500 kg inertially-guided bomb at the Pokhran test firing range in Rajasthan. The bomb hit its target at 30 km with high precision.

The government officials said. "The bomb was fired by a Su-30MKI combat aircraft from a 30-km range and hit its target with high precision.”

Guided bombs are meant to precisely hit a designated target to minimize collateral damage.

The test comes two weeks after the DRDO successfully conducted the flight test of ABHYAS - High-speed Expendable Aerial Target (HEAT) from a test range in Odisha.

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According to the report, the weapon being developed is similar to the SPICE (Smart, Precise Impact, Cost-Effective), an Israel made bomb which was used by the Indian Air Force to hit terror camps in Pakistan's Balakot on February 26.

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DRDO is also reportedly developing two such glide bombs named--Garuthmaa and Garuda. Garuthmaa is the winged version with a range of 100 km while Garuda is the non-winged version with a range of 30 km. The organisation is also developing a Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) which can be used to damage enemy airfields during war.