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Well, if you look at the air inlet design, you'll see a distinct similarity between Klub and Nirbhay.

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...and these are only external similarities. But however, a similar design may just be a way of developing on proven concepts, so exactly what level of Nirbhay's tech is sourced from abroad is unknown, and we may never know for sure.

All we know is that we can use it without any restrictions.



Details...?

The other name is Kaliber/Caliber for 3M 14 Family missiles..

I am quoting from an article link is below

Kalibr is a new-generation SLCM, which is based on a Soviet long-range SLCM known as Granat, which, in turn, was a Soviet response to the American Tomhawk (TLAM-N). After the breakup of the Soviet Union, when Russian defense industry began to actively seek foreign markets, Novator design bureau, which produced Granat, created a new family of SLCMs. The first to be publicly unveiled was Kalibr 3M-14E, which could have been mistaken for a brand new missile because it was much smaller than Granat. The smaller size achieved two purposes: first, the new anti-ship missile had to fit into standard NATO torpedo tubes (which are shorter than the Soviet standard) and it had to have a range less than 300 km to remain under the MTCR-mandated limit (Granat had the range of 3,000 km). Reportedly, in 2006 3M-14E Kalibr missiles were sold to India.

Novator did not stop there and eventually created a whole family of cruise missiles: in addition to 3M-14E, it also advertises 3M-54E and 3M-54E-1. These three missiles are part of systems known as Klub-S (for submarines), Klub-N (for ships), and Klub-M (land-based anti-ship missiles for coastal defense); Novator also offers a Club-A system for aircraft. All these missiles have the declared range below 300 km, which is natural for weapons intended for export. Designation “E” traditionally denotes the export version of weapons systems.

Part of the Kalibr family, however, is intended solely for “domestic consumption” (known as 3M14, 3M54, and 3M541) and their ranges are many times greater (some sources use the “E” designation for missiles not intended for export, which is an obvious mistake). Depending on the source, their range is either 2,600 km or 1,500 km; some hypothesize that the longer range is associated with missiles equipped with nuclear warheads while conventionally armed Kalibr SLCMs have the 1,500 or somewhat greater range.

All these missiles are subsonic with one important exception: the last stage of the three-stage 3M54 can accelerate to three times the speed of sound 20-40 km before the target(3M541 is a shorter, two-stage subsonic missile that has a more powerful warhead). Acceleration helps penetrate ship defenses and builds inertia to penetrate the body of the target ship. Although all these cruise missiles were initially developed as anti-ship (including basing on submarines, surface ships, and on shore for coastal defense), they have recently also been given capability against targets on land.

Kalibr missiles are designated as high-precision and can travel a complex trajectory with up to 15 turns along the path. For example, if the target ship is on the other side of an island, the missile(s) will fly around that island to reach it.

Kalibr missiles are reported to have dual (nuclear and conventional) capability.

Russia's Cruise Missiles Have Changed Strategic Military Balance
 
India completed land tests of Brahmos A version.
Probable first export order for Brahmos this year.
 
By:www.armyrecognition.com
India has successfully test-fires upgraded variant of Brahmos land supersonic cruise missile.
Russian-Indian BrahMos Aerospace joint venture (JV) has successfully tested upgraded variant of the BrahMos land-attack supersonic cruise missile, according to the company`s press department. The supersonic cruise missile was test-fired at 1200 hrs at the Pokhran field firing range in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer district.


"An advanced version of the BrahMos land-attack supersonic cruise missile system has been successfully test-fired on May 27, 2016 in the Western Sector by Indian Air Force. The missile has successfully hit and eliminated the designated target," a BrahMos Aerospace`s official said.

"The BrahMos missile systems will increase the combat effectiveness of all three services of Indian Armed Forces, providing efficient anti-ship and land-attack capabilities on the modern battlefield," he added.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute`s (SIPRI) arms transfers database, BrahMos JV has produced 450 BrahMos cruise missiles in various configurations.

The BrahMos is a short range supersonic cruise missile with a range of 290 km and a speed of Mach 2.8 that can be launched from submarines, ships, aircraft or land. It is a joint venture between the Russian Federation's NPO Mashinostroeyenia and India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) who have together formed BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited..................Read more

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WE HAVE FULFILLED KALAM’S DESIRE: BRAHMOS CEO S K MISHRA

by Dr Anantha Krishnan M
BANGALORE: BrahMos Aerospace CEO Sudhir Kumar Mishra said that his team has fulfilled one of the desires of former President Dr A P J Abdul Kalam on Saturday.
In an interview to Mathrubhumi, after the Su-30MKI touched down at HAL’s Nasik unit successfully completing a 58-minute demonstration flight carrying the 2.4 tonne BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, Mishra said he is an ‘extremely satisfied man’ executing another dream of Dr Kalam.
“We are all delighted that such a heavy missile was carried airborne by Sukhoi safely, securely and successfully during its first demonstration flight.
No other country in the world has done this exercise so far and that makes our mission so special. It is a happy moment in my life,” Mishra said.


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He said the mission also demonstrated India’s increasing technology capabilities in missile and military aviation fields.
“Dr Kalam always told us about the 5th, 6 th , 7 th country syndrome India always belonged to. He wanted India to break this and be on the top in all missions. Today he (Dr Kalam) should be a happy soul seeing the technology leap we have achieved,” Mishra said.
Test-firing in October or November this year
To a query when would Sukhoi fire an airborne Brahmos against a target, Mishra said lot more flight trials would be conducted in the next couple of months.
“We need to undertake a series of flight trials in various profiles ahead of firing against a target. The Test Pilots will be collecting all the data that would further help in fine-tuning the software. We are hoping to have the first test- firing of the missile in full profile by October or November this year. Perfection is the key and we would want to ensure that everything is safe and sure,” he said.

Irkut Corporation Excited About Sukhoi Prospects

Interestingly, upon hearing the news of Sukhoi’s successful maiden flight carrying the hefty BrahMos, Irkut Corporation congratulated the Indian team.
Irkut, the makers of Sukhoi, is said be excited about the prospects of selling the fighter to new markets now.
“Today’s flight has given them (Irkut) a great boost to aggressively market Sukhoi. The coming together of BrahMos and Sukhoi as a single unit is a reality today. It augurs well for Irkut’s future prospects and they have congratulated us for this major technological achievement,” Mishra said.


Dr Kalam Knew the Potential of the Missile


Mishra said he was waiting for a many years hoping to witness the magical moment.
“This was a very challenging task and we had to undertake many first-time developments leading to the flight. Dr Kalam was very attached to BrahMos and his role in forming the JV with the Russia is known to all. He always told us to that the missile had phenomenal potential. The air version has drawn lots of inspiration from Dr Kalam. I was longing for this moment for many years,” Mishra said.
When asked about the feedback pilots gave after the flight, Mishra said the initial reports were satisfactory.
“It is but natural for any Test Pilot to have some apprehensions before a maiden mission. But, we are happy that the systems performed as per the pilot’s wish. An aircraft is an extended body of a pilot. His safety and needs are always paramount to us,” Mishra added.



More Trials Ahead of Final Firing From Balasore
The 58-minute flight was piloted by Wg Cdr Prashant Nair with Wg Cdr Raju being the Flight Test Engineer. The maiden profile of missile in an airborne role is technically called as a ‘Mass Dimensional’ one.
In the next ‘Technological Missile’ profile, BrahMos will be fitted with sensors to measure its flight characteristics. Ahead of the final firing tests in Balasore, flight separation trials, also known as Dummy Missile Drop Tests, will be held.
 
HELINA SET FOR SEPTEMBER SHOWDOWN


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JODHPUR: HeliNa, the much awaited Helicopter launched version of 'Nag', the Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) shall swing back into action soon.
In September this year, the much awaited missile, as per the highly placed sources, shall be launched from a helicopter platform at Chandan Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer here. The missile as per the DRDO officials shall now be tested for its Imaging Infra Red Seeker (IIR) with far greater resolution than what has been tested so far as per the demand of the users.
It was almost a year back when for the first time in July, HeliNa ATGM successfully hit a simulated target after being launched from a helicopter platform at Chandan firing range in Jaisalmer. Three 'HeliNa' missiles were fired during these week long Guided Flight Trials from HAL Rudra, also known as ALH WSI, the armed version of HAL Dhruv. Of these three HeliNas, two managed to hit the target successfully. HeliNa is handled by the missile handling unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL).
DRDO officials said that this third generation 'Fire and forget' missile, though lagging behind its schedule, has already been tested for its seven kilometer range but with IIR seekers with 128 x 128 focal plane array but added that the same was not sufficient for the users, the Army Aviation Corps. It is one of the five missile systems developed by DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).
"And now we are going to test a higher version seeker, with a much higher focal plane array (640x512 pixel arrays) as compared to the original plan. In fact, the captive trials have been successfully held in Bangalore recently," said the official. Seekers evaluation trials would be carried out for the ATGM in hot desert conditions of Rajasthan against both moving and static targets for different ranges till seven kilometres to evaluate performance of an improved version of Imaging Infar Red (IIR) seeker for engaging and striking the target. HeliNa has reportedly an extended strike range of about eight kms. Dwelling upon these HeliNa trials scheduled for the month of September, officials said that after verifying the performance of missile with the new seekers, the user shall give its acceptance for integration of HeliNa with the helicopter inching the missile closer to the 'deliverable stage'.
Imaging Infra Red seekers for 'Helina' have been developed indigenously at Hyderbad based Research Centre Imarat of DRDO.
What is HeliNa:
It's an improvised version of HeliNa (helicopter-launched Nag) shall be launched at Chandan Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer in September this year, according to sources The missile is being tested with greater resolution of Imaging Infra Red Seeker (IIR) It July last year, HeliNa successfully hit a simulated target. It was launched from a helicopter platform at Chandan firing range in Jaisalmer. Here, three 'HeliNa' missiles were fired from HAL Rudra, also known as ALH WSI, the armed version of HAL Dhruv. Of these three, two hit the target successfully.
HeliNa missile is handled by the missile handling unit of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). HeliNa uses lock-on after launch system.
HeliNa (Helicopter Nag) is launched from twin-tube stub wing-mounted launchers on board the armed HAL helicopter. These launchers are linked to a nose-mounted stabilized thermal sight and a laser range-finder package. HeliNa uses a lock-on after launch system. With an extended range upto 7km, the ATGM is launched towards the target and while it approaches the same, images ahead are transmitted back to the operator for identifying the targets.

http://www.indiandefensenews.in/2016/06/helina-set-for-september-showdown.html
 
India likely to test launch new missile tomorrow

India is likely to test launch a new surface-to-air missile developed jointly with Israel, from a defence base off the Odisha coast on Wednesday.

“Preparation for the maiden test has reached the final stage and if weather permits, it will be conducted from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) tomorrow,” said an official of the ITR at Chandipur, about 15 km from here.

The missile is the product of a joint venture between India and Israel, DRDO sources said.

Apart from the missile, the system also includes a multi- functional surveillance and a threat alert radar (MF STAR) for detection, tracking and guidance of the missile.

The test-firing of the missile will be jointly carried out by Indian defence personnel, DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries, they said.

As a precautionary measure, Balasore district administration, in consultation with defence officials here, have made adequate arrangements to temporarily shift 3652 civilians residing within 2.5 km radius of the launch pad No 3 of the ITR during trial time, officials said.

A district revenue official said seven hamlets have been identified within 2.5 km radius of the launch pad and people living there have been alerted through public address system today to shift to nearby shelter camps arranged by the administration.

Fisherman engaged in sea fishing along the Bay of Bengal in three coastal districts Balasore, Bhadrakh and Kendrapada have been warned not to venture into the sea during test launch time.

http://www.hindustantimes.com/india...le-tomorrow/story-KX2SNRnp4Ub4LWkJWRA67K.html
 
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The words "Operational Flight Trails " ?

From PIB
Ministry of Defence26-July, 2016 14:54 IST
Upgradation of Barak Missile System

Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) and Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MR-SAM), upgraded version of Barak Missile System, are being jointly developed / produced by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and IAI, Israel.

LR-SAM

Project has an estimated cost of Rs.2606.02 Crore for which contract was signed on 27th January 2006. It has a range of 70 Km. Home on Target (HOT) test has conducted successfully in November 2014. HOT-2 test was also conducted in Israel successfully on 23rd November 2015. Two Operational Flight Trials (OFT) have been conducted successfully from INS Kolkata on 29th December 2015.

MR-SAM

Project has an estimated cost of Rs.10075.68 Crore for which contract was signed on 27th February 2009. Built-to-specification (BTS) has been finalized. Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews of the system have been completed. DRDO has recently flight tested 3 MR-SAM systems successfully at ITR, Chandipur during 30th June / 1st July 2016.

LR-SAM / MR-SAM: can detect incoming enemy aerial targets i.e. aircraft or anti-ship missile over 100 km away and destroy them at range out to 70 km and thus provide the air defence capability to the assets of Indian Armed Forces.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri BK Hariprasad in Rajya Sabha today.

DM/NAMPI/RAJ
(Release ID :147721)
 
@PARIKRAMA @Abingdonboy

The words "Operational Flight Trails " ?

From PIB
Ministry of Defence26-July, 2016 14:54 IST
Upgradation of Barak Missile System

Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM) and Medium Range Surface to Air Missile (MR-SAM), upgraded version of Barak Missile System, are being jointly developed / produced by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and IAI, Israel.

LR-SAM

Project has an estimated cost of Rs.2606.02 Crore for which contract was signed on 27th January 2006. It has a range of 70 Km. Home on Target (HOT) test has conducted successfully in November 2014. HOT-2 test was also conducted in Israel successfully on 23rd November 2015. Two Operational Flight Trials (OFT) have been conducted successfully from INS Kolkata on 29th December 2015.

MR-SAM

Project has an estimated cost of Rs.10075.68 Crore for which contract was signed on 27th February 2009. Built-to-specification (BTS) has been finalized. Preliminary and Critical Design Reviews of the system have been completed. DRDO has recently flight tested 3 MR-SAM systems successfully at ITR, Chandipur during 30th June / 1st July 2016.

LR-SAM / MR-SAM: can detect incoming enemy aerial targets i.e. aircraft or anti-ship missile over 100 km away and destroy them at range out to 70 km and thus provide the air defence capability to the assets of Indian Armed Forces.

This information was given by Defence Minister Shri Manohar Parrikar in a written reply to Shri BK Hariprasad in Rajya Sabha today.

DM/NAMPI/RAJ
(Release ID :147721)



Operational Flight trials is normally Stage 3 testing.. Where basically end to end check of the whole system is done in live operation conditions. It focuses on real Time of Arrival of the incoming hostile which is to be intercepted successfully. In short its a live firing with no control environments rather it presents tests in real world conditions to see actual performance

Stage 1 is control and navigation tests which was done in initial tests in Israel in and around 2010-12
Stage 2 is a controlled environment test with focus on the terminal phase when the second motor will be fired and active radar seeker will be activated to home on to the target. (HOT tests)
 
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Model of a canisterised Agni 5 rail TEL

Are they ever going to procure an all-terrain TEL for strategic missiles? Like the ones used for Topol-M, Rubezh or DF-31/41? The trailers they use now are largely useless on anything other than perfectly-paved roads, such as the ones on Rajpath. Even if that's a bit of an overstatement, it doesn't hurt to procure these for atleast the latest generation of strategic BMs (Agni-4 and 5) -

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We aren't gonna go with stationary underground silos. So if we're going for mobility, might as well go all the way!
 
Are they ever going to procure an all-terrain TEL for strategic missiles? Like the ones used for Topol-M, Rubezh or DF-31/41? The trailers they use now are largely useless on anything other than perfectly-paved roads, such as the ones on Rajpath. Even if that's a bit of an overstatement, it doesn't hurt to procure these for atleast the latest generation of strategic BMs (Agni-4 and 5) -

3-rt-2pm2-topol-m.jpg


We aren't gonna go with stationary underground silos. So if we're going for mobility, might as well go all the way!

Agni-6 will get it.
 

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