Where does the article say anything about either Smerch or Honeywell?
BTW the IA already has 90 km range smerch MBRLs, and they will be used for a long time, with locally produced ammo. Pinaka is a completely Indian MBRL meant to replace the older grad systems.
Neither Smerch nor Honeywell have anything to do with it.
India will soon produce its first tactical weapons guidance device under licence from the US Honeywell.
The device, TALIN 2000 (or Tactical Advanced Land Inertial Navigator), can guide a weapon to hit a designated target with near-zero error, ensuring its precision destruction with minimal collateral damage.
The device can be installed for one-time use on bombs, missiles and rockets and gets destroyed in the explosive impact after leading the weapon to its target.
The chip, latest in its generation, can also be used on vehicles or person as it is small and wearable, company sources told India Strategic defence magazine.
Honeywell has signed an agreement with Tata Power SED to produce this sophisticated device, after clearance from the US government, and install it on systems like the Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher (MBRL) and the Akash surface to air missiles.
The post is about pinaka , from where did the smerch came from , or you were confused with between the two ??
Sources said Russia had expressed reservation to meet Indian conditions to indigenise the production of rockets, allowing the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to produce them here. In August 2012, an MoU was signed between the OFB and Russian companies — Rosoboronexport and Splav "SPA" to manufacture five versions of Smerch Rockets.
Love, the denials By Indian members, this isn't the same thing this has different color BLA BLA BLA. This is Russian weapon with Indian paint job.