| Established | January 1968 |
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| Director | Prateek Kishore |
| Address | Sector-30, Chandigarh-160003coordinates =30°38′31″N76°55′26″E / 30.642°N 76.924°E /30.642; 76.924 |
| Location | Chandigarh |
Operating agency | DRDO |
| Website | TBRL Home Page |
Terminal Ballistics Research Laboratory (TBRL) is a laboratory of theDefence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) which comes under Ministry of Defence. Located inChandigarh, the laboratory has become one of the major DRDO labs in the field of armament studies. TBRL is organized under the cluster of missiles and strategic system of DRDO. The present director of TBRL is Prateek Kishore.[1]
TBRL was envisaged in 1961 as a modern armament research laboratory under the Department of Defence Research & Development. It became fully operational in 1967 and was formally inaugurated in January 1968 by the thenDefence Minister.[2]
While the main laboratory is situated in Chandigarh, the firing range, spread over an area of 5,000-acre (20 km2), is located at Ramgarh inHaryana, 22 km away from Chandigarh.
TBRL conducts basic and applied research in the fields ofhigh explosives, detonics andshock waves. It is also involved in evolving data and design parameters for new armaments, as well as assessing theterminal effects of ammunition.[2]
Other areas of work include:[3]
TBRL is responsible for the development ofExplosive lenses forIndia's Nuclear weapons. These lenses were used on the Nuclear devices detonated inPokhran-I andPokhran-II.[4] Apart from this, TBRL also develops explosives-based products for conventional military and civilian use.[5]
In 2019, TBRL has developed a Non-lethalRiot controlPlastic bullets for use by paramilitary forces and police, including usage forcrowd control in Jammu and Kashmir manufactured by theIndian Ordnance Factories.[7][8] In 2020, TBRL produced 10,000 full-face protective shields designed for the examination ofCOVID-19 patients, which were provided to thePost-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research.[9]
"The Bangalore range will be constructed by the Terminal Ballistic Research Laboratory, Chandigarh, a unit of the DRDO. The range will facilitate six firing positions and layers of wood-embedded walls will prevent bullets from going astray. Protecting walls will be built at every 20 feet of the firing range for a distance of 300 metres."
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