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R-Glass composite cannister for the K-15 submarine launched missile. It's a four-layered thermal protected canister.

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LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: PHOTO: Underwater Launch Canister For K-15 Sagarika Submarine-launched Missile

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K-15 a.k.a DRDO's Programme B-05

Just got this photograph of the R-Glass composite canister for the K-15 Sagarika submarine launched missile (officially, Programme B-05). It's a four-layered thermal protected canister, presumably for India's prospective Arihant-class SSBNs.

There's no more doubt that the K-15 Shourya is principally an advanced naval weapon. The only test of the K-15 that has been publicised so far is the one that took place on November 12 last year (see photo). Designated officially as Programme B-05, the K-15's project office is situated at the DRDO Advanced Naval Systems Programme Office, on the Research Centre (Imarat) campus in Vignankancha, Hyderabad. It has always been an open secret that the K-15 was being built as a cannisterised naval missile for sub-surface launch. In fact, director of the Integrated Test Range, SP Dash was awarded a performance excellence award for "Programme B-05 (K-15)" as per the citation.
 
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This thing must top the priority list .
SLBM is most effective deterrence , need to have it ASAP .
Personally , i want to replace my desktop wallpaper of Torpedo on INS sindhuraj with Arihant having Sagarika .
 
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Really India need SLBM very much
I hope our submarines are lased with this toy very soon :yahoo:
 
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I think this is good, but we need to develop asap Agni-3 SLBM.
 
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I think this is good, but we need to develop asap Agni-3 SLBM.
Its going to be reality soon.
Shaurya with 1000 Km range and with Sagarika, we will have a potent naval fleet.

Like US subs keep surfacing near Sandiego and Korean sea, our Arihants will do also do that once in a while in bay of bengal and Arabian sea;)
 
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Its going to be reality soon.
Shaurya with 1000 Km range and with Sagarika, we will have a potent naval fleet.

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Correction:
Shaurya range varies with 3 different types of warhead configeration. i.e from 800km-1900km.
Even though the 1900km range is for usage of an uncertainity clouded TN payload,the 1200km range guarantess a sucessfull and proven FBF warhead.
 
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Its going to be reality soon.
Shaurya with 1000 Km range and with Sagarika, we will have a potent naval fleet.

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Correction:
Shaurya range varies with 3 different types of warhead configeration. i.e from 800km-1900km.
Even though the 1900km range is for usage of an uncertainity clouded TN payload,the 1200km range guarantess a sucessfull and proven FBF warhead.
Thanks Mauryan.:).
I was just generic in that figure. Anyways, as per the last report shaurya SLCM was supposed to be the primary weapon for Arihant.

After the test of the k-15 will it still be?

Anyone one has any idea, what could be the possible combination of Arihant's arsenal.?
 
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The research effort of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has begun showing rich dividends.

Senior officials in DRDO told FE, “The weapon system for the Akash missile is now ready for production and induction. This is a major milestone for DRDO and its industry partners. It is also an essential step towards indigenously developing more complex air defence weapons for the future.”

After the first order of the Akash missile system from the IAF, the DRDO has managed to secure a bigger order from the Army, taking the total volume of business to Rs 27,000 crore. The research organisation has been long under fire for having sunk large amounts of funds into research projects.

The Army has ordered 12 batteries of Akash anti-aircraft missiles. Each Akash battery has three launcher vehicles, a radar vehicle and several support vehicles. Each launcher is self propelled, carrying four missiles, and costs Rs 10 crore. Each search radar, which can support several batteries, costs Rs 40 crore and each battery has a weapon guidance radar, which costs Rs 50 crore.

While the Akash is tagged as the most expensive high-tech system ever developed, and put into service, by DRDO, senior officials of the organistion said, “Only around Rs 600 crore was invested in the R&D of the system but the volume of the business being generated is far more than what was expected.”

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About 300 industries in public and private sectors contribute to the production of the weapon system. Hyderabad-based Bharat Dynamics Ltd (BDL) will be the system integrator and nodal production agency for the Akash-Army variant.

Concurrent engineering practices have been adopted to minimize the learning curve in production. The vendors have been carefully chosen for their familiarity with critical technologies, manpower and quality management systems.

Each 701 kg/£1,543 Akash missile has a 60 kg/£132 warhead, a range of 27 km and can kit targets as high as 15,800 metre/49,000 feet, or as low as 20 metre. Akash is meant to replace some very old Russian air defence systems India is still using. The country wants to build a version of Akash for use on ships, and is already looking into a longer range (60 km) version.

The combined order for Akash missile systems, is seen as a major victory for the country’s indigenous R&D efforts. In addition to the volume of business being…generated within the country, these orders will also create more jobs and help the industry to enhance technology.
 
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Second LR-SAM Test Before November, IAF & Army Interested
Thursday, July 15, 2010

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The joint Israeli-Indian Long Range Surface to Air Missile (LR-SAM for India, designated Barak-8 in Israel) will undergo its first test-firing at India's Integrated Test Range before November, if sources are to be believed. LiveFist has learnt that the LR-SAM, when inducted, will be housed in four vertical launch units (VLUs), each housing eight missiles, on each of the three Project-15A destroyers and seven Project-17A stealth frigates, i.e, each of India's next generation warships will carry at least 32 LR-SAMs. The combat suites of both vessel classes will be built around the Elta EL/M-2248 MF-STAR.

Scientists and engineers from DRDL were in Israel for the missile's first test flight earlier this year. The dual-pulse smokeless solid rocket motor propelled missile is being built with an effective range of 70-km and a ceiling of 16-km -- that's official. The missile's high agility is being provided by a tungsten jet vane system for thrust vector control and a highly evolved electro-pneumatic control actuation system. Following fresh interest evinced by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and the Indian Army, the dual-mode guided weapon (GPS + data link for midcourse guidance / seeker for terminal homing) will be deployable on mobile launchers as well. The weapon system can engage 12 targets with 24 missiles.

LiveFist - The Best of Indian Defence: Second LR-SAM Test Before November, IAF & Army Interested
 
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India's Astra tested for night operations

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India has successfully test-fired an indigenously developed Astra air-to-air missile under poor weather conditions during the day and night.

It was the first night test firing and also the first inclement weather launch, for an Astra, the missile's main development agency Defense Research and Development Organization said.

The test from a launcher was conducted at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, around 140 miles from the Orissa state capital Bhubaneswar.

Project Astra is part of India's indigenous Integrated Guided Missile Development Program initially developed more than 20 years ago. Other missiles produced or under development are the Agni, Prithvi, Trishul, Akash and Nag, as well as a cruise missile.

Astra is India's first short-range air-to-air missile.

The missile will augment the air force's other missiles, the French-made Matra Super 530D and the Russian-made AA-10 Alamo-C and AA-12 Adder.

India also imports Israeli Python and Derby air-to-air missiles.

The single-stage, short-range solid-fuel weapon is a beyond-visual-range missile designed to be highly maneuverable for seeking aerial targets at speeds of up to 1,064 miles an hour.

The 12.5-foot long missile can carry a warhead weighing 33 pounds and can be fitted onto the military's Sukhoi-30 MKI, MiG-29, Mirage-2000, Jaguar and the Tejas light combat aircraft.

Astra weighs around 340 pounds and has a range of around 50 miles head on or 12 miles for a tail chase. The operational ceiling is around 66,000 feet.

DRDO began test firings of the Astra in May 2003 when it was launched without control and guidance systems.

Testing of the dual-mode guidance systems -- inertial, mid-course update and terminal active radar homing -- was carried out successfully in May last year.

The DRDO said Astra will be able to be launched from different altitudes but those alterations would affect the range. It will cover nearly 70 miles when launched from an altitude of just more than 9 miles but only 27 miles when fired from an altitude of 5 miles.

At sea level the range is expected to be 13 miles.

Active homing range will be nearly 16 miles.

A longer range version, the Astra Mark 2, will have a 93-mile head on range with a tail chase range of 21 miles. The DRDO also is said to be looking at rocket/ramjet propulsion similar to that used in its Akash surface-to-air missile project.

In April, DRDO said development work is underway on the Nirbhav, a 19-foot-long and 1.5-foot-wide sub-sonic cruise-type missile with a range of around 650 miles.

Nirbhav, meaning "fearless" in Sanskrit, is being developed by Advanced Systems Laboratory, a division of the DRDO. It has an inertial navigational system, will reach 530 mph and is designed to deliver more than 20 types of warheads.
 
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