India joins Ballistic Missile Defence Club

[EagleEyes]

Any country that didn't sign the NPT treaty has the rights to develop nukes.

 

[Ali.009]

Something stupid to u, can be intelligent to him.
It's his view, lil strange though.

Btw your second quote of chanakya is totally FAIL and WRONG. Are you a follower of his ideologies btw?

 

[satishkumarcsc]

Any country that didn't sign the NPT treaty has the rights to develop nukes.

And I dont think India has signed the NPT, nor has Pakistan? So what makes Shchinese ti think it is illegal for India to develop nukes?

 

[Chanakya.10]

Btw your second quote of chanakya is totally FAIL

and WRONG. Are you a follower of his ideologies btw?

Thanks for telling.
Ya I am trying to be on his way.

 

[nitesh]

The Hindu : National : Agni-V design completed; to be test-fired in 2010

Agni-V design completed; to be test-fired in 2010

Y. Mallikarjun

HYDERABAD: When India test-fires the 5,000-km range Agni-V in 2010, it will be one of the most sophisticated, smart and intelligent missiles of its class, featuring a host of new technologies, including measures to counter anti{nti added by me seems like wrong reporting here} ballistic missile threat.

This surface-to-surface missile, which will have the longest range of all Indian missiles, will form a crucial element of the country’s nuclear deterrence programme. With scientists at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) deciding to make it a canister-launch weapon system, Agni-V is expected to provide a major tactical advantage as it can be launched from anywhere in the country.

Talking to The Hindu here, Avinash Chander, director of the Agni programme and of the Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL) Avinash Chander, who is also the director of the Agni programme, said the design was completed and the first development flight test will be conducted in 2010. Two of the three stages of the solid-propellant missile will be made of composites, making it lighter. While 60 per cent of the sub-systems will be similar to those of the 3,500-km-range Agni-III, the rest will comprise new and advanced technologies like the ring laser gyroscope and accelerometer, which provide navigation and guidance. The gyroscope was developed by Research Centre Imarat (RCI), sister laboratory of ASL, and is part of DRDO’s missile complex here. This advanced technology was proved successfully in Agni-III and in the recent test-firing of Shourya, the tactical missile. Referring to ring laser gyroscope, G. Satish Reddy, director, navigation, observed “this technology is developed by very few countries and we are on a par with them now.”

Underlining the importance of canister-launch, Mr. Chander said all future Agni missions will have canister launch. Canister had nothing to do with silo or non-silo. V.G. Sekaran, associate director (programmes), ASL, said the Agni-V programme was on schedule. “We are in the development mode and qualification trial will follow.” All the sub-systems will be ground-tested till 2010.

 

[nitesh]

domain-b.com : Rafael to supply SPYDER SAM systems to India

Rafael to supply SPYDER SAM systems to India news
12 December 2008

New Delhi: The Indian ministry of defence has confirmed that it has signed a contract with M/s Rafael, Israel for the supply of the SPYDER (Surface-to-air Python and Derby) low level quick reaction missile system (LLQRM) for the Indian Air Force.

In a written statement to the Rajya Sabha, the ministry also said that the induction of the indigenous Trishul SAM system was foreclosed because of its inability to meet certain critical operational requirements. It said the system, however, served as a technology demonstrator and the expertise acquired with the technologies developed during the design and development phase of the Trishul were being utilized for developing a state-of-the-art short range surface to air missile system.

Strela-10M [SA-13 Gopher] SAM systems.

Reports in the media over the previous three months have suggested that the $260 million contract would involve the supply of 18 SPYDER systems, with deliveries running through early 2011 to August 2012.

The supply is regarded as part of the country's attempt to upgrade its badly outdated anti-aircraft and missile defences, which still rely on antiquated Soviet era OSA-AKM [SA-8 Gecko] and ZRK-BD

MR/LR-SAM

The medium range and long range surface-to-air system (MR/LR-SAM) is an Rs10,000 crore (approximately $2.5 billion) project for use by India's land forces. As it did in its development of the PJ-10 BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, a joint venture with Russia, India hopes to create a breakthrough in SAM technologies through a joint venture with Israel.

RAFAEL would be the prime contractor operating under the auspices of the Israel Aircraft Industries.

The MR/LR-SAM systems will address critical air defense weaknesses and upgrade "protection of vital and strategic ground assets and area air defence."

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be the 'prime developer' for the project which will have a Rs2,300 crore indigenous component. IAI will contribute most of the applicable technology, the same as Russia did for the BrahMos by offering its SS-N-26 Oniks missile as the base platform.

The MR/LR-SAM may surpass even the BrahMos to become the largest joint defence development project ever undertaken by India with any other country.

Running over a time span of 4-5 years the project seeks to provide Indian land forces with at least nine advanced air defence squadrons initially, each with two MR-SAM firing units.

Again, reports would suggest that through the development programme IAI and its Israeli partners will transfer all relevant technologies and manufacturing capabilities to India. The 4-year, $300 million system design and development phase will develop unique system elements and also an initial tranche of the land-based missiles.

The SPYDER System

The procurement of the system was finally approved by the Defence Acquisitions Council in July 2008 and a contract for the supply of 18 systems has now been signed.

SPYDER is a low-level, quick-reaction, surface-to-air missile (LLQRM) system capable of engaging aircraft, helicopters, unmanned air vehicles, drones and precision-guided munitions. The system provides air defence for fixed assets and for point and area defence for mobile forces in combat areas.

The SPYDER-SR (short range) system has 360° engagement capability and the missiles can be launched from the full-readiness state in less than five seconds post target confirmation. The kill range is specified as being less than 1km to more than 15km. The altitudes range from a minimum of 20m to a maximum of 9,000m. The system is capable of multi-target simultaneous engagement and also single, multiple and ripple firing, by day and night and in all weathers.

Rafael is developing a medium-range version, SPYDER-MR, which has a range over 35km at altitudes from 20m to 16km. SPYDER-MR carries eight missiles while SPYDER-SR has four.

SPYDER-MR also has new IAI/Elta MF-STAR surveillance radar.

The main components of the SPYDER system are the truck-mounted command and control unit, the missile firing unit with Python 5 and Derby missiles, a field service vehicle and missile supply vehicle.

The system can launch missiles in two modes of operation: lock on before launch (LOBL) and lock on after launch (LOAL).

A typical SPYDER squadron consists of one mobile command and control unit (CCU) and four mobile firing units (MFU). The mobile CCU is equipped with a surveillance radar and two operator stations with a radio datalink between the CCU and the four MFUs.

The CCU combines data from the local surveillance radar and from upper tier command and control centres up to 100km away. There is also provision for receiving air situation pictures (ASP) from other datalinks.

The VHF/UHF interference-free communication system is for internal squadron communication and to upper tier command.

If the target is within acquisition range the missile is launched in LOBL mode, and in the LOAL mode if the target is beyond seeker acquisition range.

Both the Derby and the Python 5 missiles can operate in LOBL and LOAL modes and deploy warheads that blast on impact or by proximity fuse.

The Elta EL/M 2106 ATAR 3D surveillance radar can simultaneously track up to 60 targets. The radar has 360° operation and all-weather day and night capability. The radar includes advanced electronic counter countermeasures (ECCM) for operation in dense hostile electronic warfare environments.

The Python and the Derby

The Python 5 missile is Rafael's new very high agility dogfight air-to-air missile and is supposed to be the most capable AAM in Israel's inventory. It has BVR (beyond visual range), LOAL (lock-on after launch), and all-aspect, all-direction (including backward) attack capability.

The missile has an advanced electro-optical imaging infrared seeker (IIR or ImIR) that scans the target area for hostile aircraft, then locks-on for terminal chase. The missile is supposed to be as manuevorable as air-to-air missiles with thrust vectoring technology.

The missile's guidance and control systems are active for a three times longer period than with earlier versions of the Python, enabling the missile to counter targets making evasive manoeuvres.

The high explosive fragmentation warhead is fitted with an active laser proximity fuse.

The Python 5 has a range of 20km.

Also known as the Alto, the Derby missile is a BVR, medium-range active-radar seeker missile. Though not part of the Python family, the missile is basically an enlarged Python-4 with an active-radar seeker. It has a range of 50 km.

Both missiles have a speed of Mach 4.

 

[Nihat]

Ya......thts true..........

But India has a world class supersonic SAM in "BrahMos"...........

Brahmos is a supersonic cruise missile , Zaheer - not really a SAM

 

[nitesh]

The Hindu : Karnataka / Bangalore News : Astra missile carriage trials next month

Astra missile carriage trials next month

Ravi Sharma

BANGALORE: The carriage trials of the indigenous air-to-air missile , Astra, are slated for January. Test pilots from the Aircraft Systems and Testing Establishment will take off in a Su-30MKI combat aircraft from Air Force Station Lohegaon (Pune) for the trials.

Disclosing this to The Hindu on Saturday, project director of the Astra programme S. Gollakota said the Indian Air Force had made available a Su-30MKI for the trials.

Flights evaluations and specific telemetry were on and the detailed Su-30 was undergoing instrumentation and modifications in order to allow it to carry the missile on its wing tips at the HAL’s Nasik facility.

During the trials, the Su-30MKI will carry a dummy Astra missile (with no explosives) which has not been electrically or electronically ‘connected’ to the aircraft’s on-board systems.

The trials, which involve around 20 odd sorties, will allow a verification of aspects such as the mechanical, structural and electrical compatibility between the missile and the aircraft, vibrations and strain.

The second phase of the trials — expected next July — will involve the integration of the missile’s avionics with that of the aircraft.

Dr. Gollakota expects the actual firing during the end of 2009.

In September, the Astra was successfully test fired from a ground launch at Chandipur-on-sea, off the Orissa coast. But India has a long way to go to master and indigenise some of the missile’s crucial technologies.

The Astra now depends on a Russian launcher and more crucially the seeker head is also imported.

India had tried to get a seeker from the French, but settled for the Russian one, which is yet to be integrated with the missile’s radar, algorithms, etc. Part of India’s Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme that was developed by a team of defence laboratories led by the Hyderabad-based Defence Research and Development Laboratory, the Astra, at its design altitude of 15 km, has the ability to evade radar.

 

[Imran Khan]

indian made missle

test live on DD tv

 

[shrivatsa]

indian made missle

test live on DD tv

XiLA6XtAqvM[/media] - FAILED MISSILE TEST BY INDIA

imran are u laughing at urselves

 

[Indicom]

indian made missle

test live on DD tv

XiLA6XtAqvM[/media] - FAILED MISSILE TEST BY INDIA

Morons,it's PSed,a failed test of the V2 Rocket,Fox ******* News had it's day I believe.

 

[Imran Khan]

i beleve fox news they are good same like indian mediea se who they laughing on india

she say no one from gov of india now response on fone

 

[Nihat]

The layered interceptor tests are due soon and if successful they will be a huge boost to our own missile defense shield . After the successful testing of Endo and exo atmospheric interceptions , this would be a great leap.

Hopefully it would be developed further at this rapid pace and made as accurate as possible and be able to reduce the potential damage of a missile attack by close to 60% at least.

 

[nitesh]

Nihat, care to explain how you reached the figure of 60%?

 

[nitesh]

The Hindu : Front Page : Final trials of Nag missiles from next week

Final trials of Nag missiles from next week
Y. Mallikarjun

Missiles have fire-and-forget, top-attack capabilities

Nag is superior in terms of range and lethality

HYDERABAD: The final user trials of the land version of the third generation, anti-tank guided missile, Nag, will be held in Chandan Air Force range, near Jaisalmer, from December 22 to 30.

As many as seven Nag missiles, which have fire-and-forget and top-attack capabilities, will be fired during the trials to be conducted by the Army, according to Nag’s project director S.S. Mishra.

Mr. Mishra told The Hindu here the final trials will be conducted in two phases – next week’s winter trials will be followed by summer trials in June 2009, also by the Army. However, the induction process of the missile was expected to begin after the winter trials. The land version of the indigenously developed tactical system has been built for use by the Army’s mechanised infantry.

The trials come in the wake of successful completion of development trials in Pokhran in August last when the missile achieved the maximum range of four km and hit both stationary and moving targets. It also demonstrated top-attack competence, effective performance of tandem warhead and amphibious capability. Some improvements were carried out in the system on the basis of user feedback.

Mr. Mishra said Nag was superior in terms of range and lethality (potency of the warhead) when compared to other anti-tank missiles – Javelin (U.S.), Spike (Israel) and Trigat (Europe). The two-stage solid propellant missile is equipped with Imaging Infrared seeker, having a ‘lock-on-before-launch’ capability enabling the system to track the target even before it was fired.

The land version will be carried by a ‘Namica,’ a dedicated missile carrier – each having 12 missiles with eight of them in ready-to-fire mode.

Aerial version

He said work on the airborne version, ‘Helina,’ was continuing separately as a “fast track project” and the initial trials were expected to take place by the end of 2009. The aerial version will be mounted on an ALH helicopter.