Defence Ministry Proposes QR-SAMs for the Army and Dornier Aircraft for IAF

[SamantK]

This thread is about QRSAMs which are for very short range and Akash is Medium range SAMs. Don't go by media its useless as usual.

We are also having Long Range SAMs it doesn't mean QRSAMs + Medium range Akash are useless.

They are for different uses. We will have Multi layered missile protection.

Thanks for making it clear! I thought so too but then got confused, these buggers cant even do a small research before vomiting... India lacks serious Defence journalism!

Becoz that report is written by a dump reporter...

Exactly! Dumbest I must say...

 

[IND151]

This thread is about QRSAMs which are for very short range and Akash is Medium range SAMs. Don't go by media its useless as usual.

We are also having Long Range SAMs it doesn't mean QRSAMs + Medium range Akash are useless.

They are for different uses. We will have Multi layered missile protection.

SA 5 is retired from IA and IAF inventory

so which LR SAM do we have?

 

[kurup]

Maitri a next-generation QRSAM under development by DRDO has a short-range of 15 km.

Akash is a MR-SAM with an intercept range of 30 km.

SA 5 is retired from IA and IAF inventory

so which LR SAM do we have?

Aren't we developing Barak 8 for this purpose..

Wiki says it will have two versions - 70km MR-SAM Naval variant & 120km LR-SAM Air Force variant

 

[SamantK]

Aren't we developing Barak 8 for this purpose..

Wiki says it will have two versions - 70km MR-SAM Naval variant & 120km LR-SAM Air Force variant

Yes, but it is still in development phase, which ones do we have operational now?

 

[kurup]

Yes, but it is still in development phase, which ones do we have operational now?

Don't we have S-300PMU operational with IAF ??

 

[rashtriya.rifles]

Yes, but it is still in development phase, which ones do we have operational now?

Yaar uska test abhi hone ka tha.. but usual DRDO pace..

no news about barak-8 and nirbhay tests whatsoever at all

 

[kurup]

From global security , S-300PMU SA-10 GRUMBLE

Since 1995 India had been negotiating with Russia regarding purchase of the S-300, in response to Pakistan's deployment of M-11 missiles from China. In 1995 Russian Defense Deputy Minister Kokoshin offered to sell S-300 missiles during his trip to India. Following this offer Indian officials started negotiations with the Russian manufacturers, and in August 1995 the Indian Defense Secretary Nambiar went to Russia to observe tests of the missiles near Moscow. The $1 billion purchase is said to include six S-300 systems, with each combat system consisting of 48 missiles. Reportedly in June 1996 27 S-300 missiles were delivered to India.

 

[Adnan Faruqi]

Defence acquisition worth Rs 20,000 crore cleared


NEW DELHI: The defence ministry today cleared several acquisition projects of the armed forces worth over Rs 20,000 crore including regiments of Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missiles (QRSAMs) for the Army.

At a meeting of the Defence Acquisition Council (DAC), IAF's proposals worth over Rs 8500 crore for procuring 14 Dornier aircraft and setting up a communication network were also cleared, sources said here.

They said that after the success of the pilot project of the Air Force Network (AFNET), it will be implemented as a nation-wide network at the cost of Rs 7000 crore.

Proposals of the Navy and the Coast Guard to procure 30 mm guns for their warships were also approved in the meeting presided by Defence Minister A K Antony, they said.

The DAC approved procurement of regiments QRSAMs for the Army Air Defence, of which three will be inducted during the ongoing 12th Defence Plan.

Approval for these missiles comes against the backdrop of former Army Chief General V K Singh's letter to the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in which he had highlighted that 97 per cent of the equipment with the AAD was obsolete.

The Army will now issue a global tender for the new missiles which will replace the Russian-origin Kvadrat missiles.

Defence acquisition worth Rs 20,000 crore cleared - The Times of India