INDIA SUCCESSFULLY TEST FIRES HELINA, DHRUVASTRA ANTI-TANK GUIDED MISSILES:

India on Friday successfully test fired indigenouslydeveloped anti-tank guided missile systems 'Helina' and 'Dhruvastra', paving their induction into the Army and the Indian Air Force respectively, officials said. The defence ministry dubbed the missiles one of the most-advanced anti-tank weapons in the world. The missiles were test fired at Pokhran deserts in Rajasthan. "The system has all-weather dayand-night capability and can defeat battle tanks with conventional armour as well as with explosive reactive armour. It is one of the mostadvanced anti-tank weapons in the world," the ministry said.