French Brigadier General Stephane Richou in an interview with the Indian Information Agency (Asian News International) confirmed his interest in the multi-guided Pinaka rocket launcher there as part of the FLPT program aimed at acquiring a successor to the M270 LRU systems utilized in France. It was already to be assessed by the French military, which coincided most likely with polygonal shooting of Pinaki utilizing guided missiles with a scope of fire of up to 75 km.