Indian Missiles - News, Developments, Tests, and Discussions

[punjabimunda32]

Any news on Nirbhay . There was some news about nirbhay to be tested in april.

its ready man can happen anytime. it will be soon after agni 5

 

[Water Car Engineer]

The poster below shows the terminal radar sensor for the supersonic ALCM/ASCM (Nirbhay?) being developed by the DRDO’s ASL. Needless to say, this very sensor is also very likely to be on board the Prahaar NLOS-BSM.

 

[sudhir007]

 

[RPK]

Crucial tests of three Agni missiles soon - South India - Orissa - ibnlive


BALASORE: Preparations are on at the Wheelers Island off the Odisha coast for a series of tests of three Agni missiles, including the maiden test of India’s longest-range ballistic missile Agni-5. They will be held shortly. Prior to the first development trial of 5,000-km range Agni-5, the DRDO has planned to conduct two user trials of 700-km range Agni-1 and 2,000-km range Agni-2 missile.
As India is attempting its first intercontinental missile test, scientists are leaving no stone unturned for a successful mission. A defence official said the three missiles would require three separate range configurations.
Hence, they would be test-fired on three occasions between April 18 and April 25.
“Earlier we have tested missiles with the longest 3,500-km range (Agni-3).
For the first time we would conduct trial for 5,000-km range.
We would first test Agni-1 and then Agni-2 before going for Agni-5,” he said.
The DRDO is excited for the threestage A-5 missile as its successful launch would propel India to join the elite league of nations like the US, the UK, China, France and Russia, which have inter-continental ballistic missiles (ICBM).
The 17-metre tall missile with a diametre of two metres, weighs around 50 tonnes.
It can carry a nuclear warhead weighing nearly 1,000 kg and also carries multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles (MITRV) capable of delivering multiple warheads at different targets at long distances.
The canister-launched solid-fuelled Agni-5 is crucial for India’s nuclear deterrence position in the world as whole of China comes under its strike range, though the latter’s arsenal armed with missiles like 11,200-km range Dong Feng-31A is capable of hitting any Indian city.
On the other hand, the Pakistanspecific Agni-1 missile, which weighs around 12 tonnes can carry both conventional and nuclear payload of about 1,000 kg.
It can blast off from both road and rail mobile launchers.
It is a useful missile for the Army.
The missile was first tested on January 25, 2002 and inducted into Indian Army in 2004.
Similarly, the 2000-km range twostage Agni-II missile is designed to carry ‘special weapons’ nuclear payload of over 1,000 kg.
It is always in a readyto- fire mode and can be launched within 15 minutes.
Programme Director of Agni missiles and Chief Controller (Missiles and Strategic Systems) Avinash Chander said the exact dates of the tests have not been finalised yet. “The tests would be conducted one after another once the integration process is complete and range is ready,” he added.

 

[LiberalAtheist]

expect it to be test fired soon it will look something like this

 

[angeldemon_007]

Does anybody knows the speed of Agni 5 ???

 

[Dharmachakra]

Does anybody knows the speed of Agni 5 ???

You will never get to know the exact or near range for the speed of any strategic missiles. And In India, its like a sky falling down.

Even the ranges, payloads and other specs are only for public consumption purpose and to let others guesstimate.

 

[Water Car Engineer]

expect it to be test fired soon it will look something like this

We have no idea how Nirbhay will look like.

That image is of a Tomahawk Missile someone modified.

 

[Thomas]

congrats on the Agni V launch.

BBC News - Home

 

[holysaturn]

India all set to develop reusable rockets: DRDO
Press Trust of India



New Delhi: After the successful launch of Agni-V Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile (ICBM), India is all set to develop reusable rockets which will combine the technologies of both ballistic and cruise missiles.
As part of plans to develop reusable ballistic missiles, Defence Research and Development Organisation will test indigenously developed scram jet engine next year, DRDO Chief VK Saraswat said in an interview to Doordarshan.
"We have propulsion technology, we have re-entry technologies, we have the technology which can take a re-entry system which will deliver a payload and have yet another re-entry system which will bring the missile back when it re-enters the atmosphere on its return journey," he said.

"We have demonstrated the performance of a scram jet engine operating at Mach six speed (six times the speed of sound)," he said.
On the range of Agni-V missile which was successfully test-fired recently off Odisha coast, the DRDO chief said with moderate modifications, "it can be extended to any range which is of our interest."
On technological capability available with the agency, he said, "DRDO has built the necessary technologies, production infrastructure and design capability for developing a booster or a sustainer... We have the capability to develop a re-entry nose cone which can withstand higher temperature and velocity."
Reacting to reports that India does not possess sufficient indigenous technology for missile guidance systems, Saraswat said Agni-V has used a completely indigenous and high precision missile guidance system with "0.001 degrees of per hour accuracy."
On criticism that DRDO sometimes does not live up to expectations, he said the agency was as good as its counterparts in advanced countries.
"Light Combat Aircraft (LCA), F-18 and Eurofighter took similar number of years and cost wise they were three times more than what we have put in our LCA," he said.
On development of Kaveri engine, Saraswat said it too has performed well and was, "flown an IL-76 aircraft in Russia, 55 hours of successful flight... We are going to upgrade it so that it can be used in India's LCA Mark-II and future systems."
India all set to develop reusable rockets: DRDO - India News - IBNLive

 

[angeldemon_007]

Does anybody knows about an air-launched hypersonic nuclear capable missile named " Air launched article " ? This missile has a range of 200km and is built specifically for Su30mki. This missile comes under the K-series (Like k-15, k-4 etc).

The secret 'K' missile family : The Big Story News - India Today

 

[ptltejas]

by shuntmaster in http://www.defence.pk/forums/indian-defence/149756-explained-significance-agni-4-agni-5-a.html

 

[sudhir007]

Parliament hails launch of Agni-V

Parliament today hailed the successful launch of the nuclear capable, 5000 km range Agni-V missile, which propelled India into an elite group of nations possessing such advanced technology.

The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha lauded defence scientists for their feat, which incidentally took place on the anniversary of the launch of India's first satellite 'Aryabhatta' into space.

"The surface-to-surface missile having a strike range of 5000 km is hailed as a major leap forward in India's missile technology and military deterrent capabilities," Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar said.

In the Rajya Sabha, Chairman Hamid Ansari congratulated scientists and engineers associated with the project

"They have made us feel proud by their remarkable achievement," Ansari said amid thumping of desks by members.

On April 12, India successfully test-fired Agni-V from Wheeler Island off the Odisha coast. With this, India has joined the elite and exclusive Long-Range Ballistic Missile (LRBM) club of select countries.

"The credit for this historic achievement undoubtedly goes to our scientific community particularly those working with DRDO," Ansari said.

Both the Houses also extended their good wishes to elected representatives of Panchayat and Panchayati Raj Institutions on 'National Panchayati Raj Divas', which falls today.

 

[jha]

Ukraine on Brink of Missile Deal with India

Ukraine is close to signing one of its biggest ever defense deals for air-to-air missiles with India, according to Russian media reports.

Nezavisimaya Gazeta says the deal for R-27 missiles, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, is in the final stages and is waiting for approval from the Ukrainian leadership.

The Vympel R-27 (AA-10 Alamo) missile is a medium-to-long-range air-to-air missile developed by the Soviet Union. It is similar to U.S. AIM-7 Sparrow.

The missile comes in infrared-homing (R-27T), semi-active-radar-homing (R-27R), and active-radar-homing (R-27AE) versions. It would be fitted to India’s MiG-29, Su-27 and Su-30 fighter jets.

While the deal has not been confirmed officially, the paper quotes a source close to Ukraine’s national security and defense council, saying both nations are sensitive to Russian concerns over the deal and want to make sure that it would not irritate Moscow.

Tensions between Kiev and Moscow could arise later because if the deal is successful, India may want to buy other weaponry from Ukraine, entering a market dominated by Russia, defense analysts quoted by the paper said.
Some industry experts believe Moscow would not oppose the deal as the Ukrainian company is the only manufacturer of these missiles, although Russian firms supply some components for R-27.

The R-27 was originally designed by Vympel, a Russian missile design bureau, in the 1980s. Vympel is now part of Russia's Tactical Missiles Corporation, which now produces successor weapons to R-27.

Artem, a Ukrainian arms firm involved in R-27 production in Ukraine, could not be reached for comment.
Ukrainian R-27s displayed by the Artem and Arsenal companies at the Moscow air show in 2011 featured what the makers claimed were upgraded seekers. Arsenal said it had developed a new infra-red seeker for the R-27 extending its detection range from 18 km to 30 km.

New Delhi showed interest at the recent DEFEXPO-2012 arms show in Ukrainian anti-tank missiles and new engines for Mi-family helicopters produced by the Ukrainian Motor Sich company, according to Ukrainian officials.

 

[SpArK]

Ukraine on Brink of Missile Deal with India

need a seperate thread me feels..