India orders Sosna air defence system

[ravinderpalrulez]

AAD: Sosna nears production
Jeremy Binnie, Pretoria - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 September 2014

The Sosna short-range air-defence system seen mounted on an MT-LB, which was the carrier used for KBtochmash's successful Strela-10 system. Source: KBtochmash

The Sosna mobile short-range air-defence system will complete its firing trials later this year and production will start for India in 2015, according to Dr Vladimir Slobodchikov, the managing director of technical sciences at Russia's Nudelman Precision Engineering Design Bureau (KBtochmash).
"There is a final series of trials that will happen in October," he told IHS Jane's at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show held in Pretoria on 17-21 September.
Slobodchikov described the Sosna as the "the last line of defence" against aircraft, precision weapons, and lightly armoured ground targets.
It uses the same Sosna-R two-stage missile that is used with the company's Palma naval air defence system, which is in service with the Russian and Vietnamese navies.
This had a range of between 1 and 10 km, Slobodchikov said, and carried two warheads, together weighing 7 kg, and two fuzes. The first rod-fragmentation warhead was to destroy proximity targets, while the second fragmentation warhead was for destroying targets on impact.
Each Sosna vehicle had 12 ready-to-fire missiles and could be reloaded in 12 minutes, Slobodchikov said.
The missile is radio-command guided when in its boost phase, after which a laser beam riding guidance system takes over. The optical fire-control system makes the Sosna highly survivable, effective in cluttered environments, and difficult to jam, according to KBtochmash.
Several Sosna vehicles will typically operate together with a command vehicle carrying a surveillance system to designate targets for the other vehicles.
Each vehicle could also use its TV and thermal cameras to scan a sector covering 60° in the horizontal and 20° in the azimuth, Slobodchikov said.
The Sosna also has a passive optical detection capability that provides 360° horizontal coverage and from -5° to 60° in the azimuth.
Slobodchikov declined to detail the system's detection ranges, but said they were adequate to find targets in sufficient time for a missile to be launched so that the target was destroyed when it was still 10 km away. He also said that the Sosna's autonomous optical sensor system could simultaneously track 50 targets and engage one while moving.
KBtochmash displayed a model of the Sosna mounted on a MT-LB armoured carrier at AAD, but Slobodchikov said any vehicle of the same size could be used. He said he did not know what vehicle the Indian military would use with its Sosnas.

 

[Star Wars]

for a second i read Sonia air defence system

 

[RISING SUN]

for a second i read Sonia air defence system

Is it like Spyder quick reaction defence system?

 

[NKVD]

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AAD: Sosna nears production
Jeremy Binnie, Pretoria - IHS Jane's Defence Weekly
18 September 2014

The Sosna short-range air-defence system seen mounted on an MT-LB, which was the carrier used for KBtochmash's successful Strela-10 system. Source: KBtochmash

The Sosna mobile short-range air-defence system will complete its firing trials later this year and production will start for India in 2015, according to Dr Vladimir Slobodchikov, the managing director of technical sciences at Russia's Nudelman Precision Engineering Design Bureau (KBtochmash).
"There is a final series of trials that will happen in October," he told IHS Jane's at the Africa Aerospace and Defence (AAD) show held in Pretoria on 17-21 September.
Slobodchikov described the Sosna as the "the last line of defence" against aircraft, precision weapons, and lightly armoured ground targets.
It uses the same Sosna-R two-stage missile that is used with the company's Palma naval air defence system, which is in service with the Russian and Vietnamese navies.
This had a range of between 1 and 10 km, Slobodchikov said, and carried two warheads, together weighing 7 kg, and two fuzes. The first rod-fragmentation warhead was to destroy proximity targets, while the second fragmentation warhead was for destroying targets on impact.
Each Sosna vehicle had 12 ready-to-fire missiles and could be reloaded in 12 minutes, Slobodchikov said.
The missile is radio-command guided when in its boost phase, after which a laser beam riding guidance system takes over. The optical fire-control system makes the Sosna highly survivable, effective in cluttered environments, and difficult to jam, according to KBtochmash.
Several Sosna vehicles will typically operate together with a command vehicle carrying a surveillance system to designate targets for the other vehicles.
Each vehicle could also use its TV and thermal cameras to scan a sector covering 60° in the horizontal and 20° in the azimuth, Slobodchikov said.
The Sosna also has a passive optical detection capability that provides 360° horizontal coverage and from -5° to 60° in the azimuth.
Slobodchikov declined to detail the system's detection ranges, but said they were adequate to find targets in sufficient time for a missile to be launched so that the target was destroyed when it was still 10 km away. He also said that the Sosna's autonomous optical sensor system could simultaneously track 50 targets and engage one while moving.
KBtochmash displayed a model of the Sosna mounted on a MT-LB armoured carrier at AAD, but Slobodchikov said any vehicle of the same size could be used. He said he did not know what vehicle the Indian military would use with its Sosnas.

@sancho do you have ides about this thing

 

[kaykay]

When did India order this?

 

[RISING SUN]

BTW few hours earlier I think I saw 2 big naval ships at Karvar while going to Udupi from Mumbai. One was especially huge I had not seen one like that even in Mumbai harbour. I dunno whether they had parked Viki there or moving it but another ship looked like one third of forth of first ones size. Do they park ships so close to karvar harbour or it was cruise liner. but certainly not a goods carrier ship. Thank you.

 

[RKO]

Never heard of it... !!! Why is this.. when we have spyder...... is it true or the Russians are making up things as did with S-400, Can anybody help?

 

[RKO]

for a second i read Sonia air defence system

Sonia air defense for Rahul the sinking boat...... lol:p

 

[sree45]

@Abingdonboy Do you have any details??

 

[anant_s]

for a second i read Sonia air defence system

me too

 

[ravinderpalrulez]

Missile!

 

[MokshaVimukthi]

LOL. I am pretty sure India will not buy this thing.

Russia seriously needs to reconsider India and a captive client. Its hilarious and its pathetic.

 

[indoPunjabi]

Where are Order details?

 

[sancho]

@sancho do you have ides about this thing

No, it's the first time that I hear about it. Will wait for more confirming reports of Indian officials.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

State Trials of Russia’s ‘Sosna’ Air Defense System to Begin in Summer




State trials of Russia’s new short-range air defense missile system will begin in summer 2015, Tochmash design bureau told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.
The system, dubbed Sosna, is expected to replace Strela-10M air defense systems in service with the Russian armed forces.

“Last year, we successfully completed the preliminary tests of this system. In summer, the state trials of the system at testing grounds of the Land forces will begin,” Tochmash Managing Director Vladimir Slobodchikov said.

“The outcome of the trials will determine whether this system will be put in service with the Russian Army,” Slobodchikov said.

According to Tochmash, the Sosna system “is intended to protect against all types of air threats including high-precision weapons like cruise missiles and guided aircraft missiles in the area of the system responsibility: in range – up to 10 km, in altitude – up to 5 km.”

Slobodchikov noted that a number of foreign countries, including those of the South-East Asia region and the Middle East, have shown interest in acquiring the Russian Sosna system.

Sosna participated in recent military exhibitions in South Africa and United Arab Emirates and will be exhibited in Peru and Brunei.

“Everyone is following this newest system very closely and waiting for the completion of state trials in Russia,” Slobodchikov noted.

Tochmash design bureau was established in 1934 and is currently part of the state-owned technologies corporation Rostec. Tochmash is Russia’s leading research institute specializing in the development and manufacture of military equipment, ammunition and optical-electronic devices.

Russia’s Tochmash design bureau will take part in the development of a new short-range air defense system together with Belarus, the Tochmash Managing Director said.

“We are planning a joint project in the framework of the Union State of Russia and Belarus to develop a new short-range air defense system,” Slobodchikov said, adding that the work is expected to start in 2016.

No, it's the first time that I hear about it. Will wait for more confirming reports of Indian officials.

India has Never Ordered for these, We already have Spyder and that covers this. The Article never says that India has ordered it.