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LR-SAM successfully flight-tested today

Nice Development...

Although I wonder if BDL is even ready to churn out Akash and Barak-8 simultaneously in huge numbers... Private players can get a piece of pie here as well...
Weren't there expansion plan for expanding BDL production lines?
 
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Israel and india defense cooperation will persist in all the fields of further development. Russia should also make a good pace in all the initiated projects with India.
 
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How many more tests before real induction begins ??

Per unit cost will be brought down by sheer volume of orders.
 
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What happens if we put this in action against BrahMos??!;)
 
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What happens if we put this in action against BrahMos??!;)
It's more than likely going to happen once the LR-SAM is in service with the IN and IAF- the Indian military holds such comparative tests of its systems quite regularly. The results of such tests would help the future development of both projects.
 
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New Delhi, November 10
The long range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM) that will be the main stay on Indian Naval warships and land-based Strike Corps, was today successfully tested against a flying target in a range in Israel.

The Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), Israel has carried out the test in the presence of DRDO scientists and officials of the Indian Armed Forces. The LRSAM system is jointly developed by DRDO and IAI Israel.

“All the systems including the radar, communication launch systems and the missile system have performed as expected and hit the target directly and damaged. The system is developed for both Israel Defence Forces and Indian Armed Forces”, a Ministry of statement said tonight.

The test is classified as ‘hot-test’ that denotes the missile will be given a target or multiple targets to aim at, a dummy plane or UAV. The targets will be moving at high speeds and the test will verify the ability of the LRSAM to identify and kill the target mid-air while even changing course mid-flight.

The missile is Rs 2606 crore – approximately US $ 450 Billion – project and is expected to be completed in December 2015 instead of its original deadline of May 2011.

The LR-SAM will be the main stay on Navy warship, its mobile version will be forming an important layer of in the ground based air defence architecture handled by the Indian Air Force (IAF) and by the Indian Army around its Strike Corps. It has range of 70 kms and height ceiling of 16 kms. It will have the ability to simultaneously engage 12 targets with 24 missiles.

The DRDO is tasked with producing the propulsion rocket system, thrust vector system and certain other components. Israel Aerospace Industry (IA) will builds the seeker and the last stage avionics.

Once the LR-SAM is okayed frontline Indian warships will carry it, that includes 15 warships including the Vikramaditya and the under construction aircraft carrier, the Vikrant will have these. It’s easier to fit the LRSAM in under-construction ships, fitting it onto the existing platforms like the Vikramaditya will be a complex procedure and it will entail some cutting through the deck, a period of eight-nine months will be needed to do this.

The LR-SAM will be the mainstay on Navy warship, its mobile version will be forming an important layer of in the ground based air defence architecture handled by the Indian Air Force and by the Indian Army around its Strike Corps.

The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation

So apart from Navy & IAF Indian army is also interested in Barak 8 for its strike corps.
 
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Indian missile tests in last 15 months.

PDV, Agni-5, Agni-4, K-4, Nirbhay, Astra, LR-SAM, along with already deployed missiles like Agni-3, Agni-2, Agni-1, Akash, Brahmos, Prithvi. (All successful).
PS: Expecting canister launch Agni5 and Agni4 in next 2 months.
 
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