Army to Carry Out Nag, NAMICA Trials

[Water Car Engineer]

Army to Carry Out Nag, NAMICA Trials

The Army will carry out the last round of trials of the anti-tank Nag missile and specially designed carrier NAMICA on July 2 in the Mahajn desert firing range in Rajasthan.

The induction of the land-based 'top attack and fire and forget' Nag missiles was supposed to have been done in 2011 but it was delayed with the Army seeking modifications in NAMICA.

Each NAMICA can carry 12 missiles, eight of them in ready-to-fire mode.

"We are going to try the NAMICA and Nag for apparently for the last time before their induction into operational service," army sources said to defencenow.com.

The partially amphibious NAMICA had been totally modified and two separate systems produced by Larsen and Toubro and Bharat Electronics Limited would be tested in the trials.

Nag missile, which has a range of four km, would be tested for its full range, two km and a minimum of 500 metres. This time DRDO scientists would demonstrate the lock-on-before launch capability of the missile for a four-km range with an upgraded imaging infrared seeker.

In lock-on-before-launch mode, the missile keeps acquiring the image of the target every 30 milliseconds right from the launch till the impact on target.

The missile would be fired to destroy both moving and stationary targets during the trials.

 

[david blain]

IS the test already done ?

 

[Roybot]

 

[GR!FF!N]

any news on HELINA and Shoulder fired Nag??and when Nag will be inducted??its already behind schedule because of carelessness of IA..

 

[Water Car Engineer]

any news on HELINA and Shoulder fired Nag??and when Nag will be inducted??its already behind schedule because of carelessness of IA..

Here's a recent interview with the chief.

Helina did some trials. It was fired from a Rudra.

 

[Splurgenxs]

So it has an almost javelin like flight path..

are Tank defense systems like "Trophy" etc capable of taking out steep dive projectiles?

 

[GR!FF!N]

So it has an almost javelin like flight path..

are Tank defense systems like "Trophy" etc capable of taking out steep dive projectiles?

dunno "Trophy" is that capable or not,but "Top Attack" is the best way to kill a tank as Tank turret has less protection.

 

[Sergi]

Hope Namica Meet army design requirement this time

 

[kurup]

OLd pictures .....

 

[tvsram1992]

Nag and Javelin will add punch to IA inventory . There is no urgency for hand launched version , but we need Nag in huge numbers .

 

[GR!FF!N]

Nag and Javelin will add punch to IA inventory . There is no urgency for hand launched version , but we need Nag in huge numbers .

actually NAG is a ammunition for Namica,a tank destroyer you may say.but if hand launched version is added,then it'll cost lower than western version like Javelin.so its better if we develop hand launched version ASAP..

 

[Adnan Faruqi]

Very good news.

 

[angeldemon_007]

I thought this 8 missile launcher version of NAMICA was cancelled by IA and a new version was to be built by LnT. If IA wants this old one then they alread tested it a couple years ago.

 

[Splurgenxs]

^^view the #5 video ,

the Chief says the Army needed a more low profile ,lower height version.

 

[GR!FF!N]

I thought this 8 missile launcher version of NAMICA was cancelled by IA and a new version was to be built by LnT. If IA wants this old one then they alread tested it a couple years ago.

i think the news stated that upgraded Namica is undergoing test..the version with separate thermal imager for commander etc..