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N-tipped Dhanush set for fresh trial
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BALASORE (ODISHA):
In a bid to add more firepower to the armed forces and strengthen its sea attacks, India is contemplating to conduct a user specific trial of ship-launched nuclear capable missile Dhanush off the Odisha coast.
The missile, a naval version of Prithvi ballistic
missile, has been planned to be test-fired from a
warship offshore the Integrated Test Range at
Chandipur coast shortly.
As part of a secret mission ‘Operation Sankalpa’,
the Strategic Forces Command will carry out the
test besides a fresh trial of Prithvi-II missile.
Defence sources said elaborate arrangements
were on for the Dhanush and P-II test. “The test
will be conducted by the naval personnel to
gauge the effectiveness of the indigenously built
anti-ship missile,” an official told The Sunday
Standard.
He said the test was aimed to study the control
and guidance system of the missile and its other
parameters besides providing training to the user
—the navy. The exercise could make the missile
more acceptable and a successful test would
pave the way for its induction.
Dhanush, which is produced by the DRDO, has a
striking range of 250-350 km and can carry single
warhead up to 500 kg. Unlike the Prithvi, its
landlubber sibling, the missile will be fired at best
from an unwieldy launch pad.
Defence planners have visualised two variants of
the Dhanush. While one will have a range of 250
km, the other will have a capability to hit targets
500 km away. Scientists also have planned to
acquire a reach of 500 km through this missile by
mounting a lighter warhead.
Part of India’s Integrated Guided Missile
Development Programme, Dhanush is about
8.53 metres in length and 0.9 metre in diameter
besides its launch weight of about 4.4 tonnes.
This single stage missile uses liquid propellant. It
can be used as an anti-ship weapon as well as for
destroying land targets depending on the range.
However, before the Dhanush trial, India’s first
carrier-borne naval fighter Light Combat Aircraft
Tejas will take to the skies. DRDO Chief V K
Saraswat said that the aircraft would go for its
maiden flight in the last week of December.
---------- Post added at 09:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:35 AM ----------
I get the feeling they are
experimenting with a light anti
ship warhead and seeker here,
for later modified use on
prithvi-1 as a desi 1200km range
x 500kg warhead x Mach10+
ballistic DF21ASBM
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Link :- http://www.expressbuzz.com/thesundaystandard/n-tipped-dhanush-set-for-fresh-trial/342151.html
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BALASORE (ODISHA):
In a bid to add more firepower to the armed forces and strengthen its sea attacks, India is contemplating to conduct a user specific trial of ship-launched nuclear capable missile Dhanush off the Odisha coast.
The missile, a naval version of Prithvi ballistic
missile, has been planned to be test-fired from a
warship offshore the Integrated Test Range at
Chandipur coast shortly.
As part of a secret mission ‘Operation Sankalpa’,
the Strategic Forces Command will carry out the
test besides a fresh trial of Prithvi-II missile.
Defence sources said elaborate arrangements
were on for the Dhanush and P-II test. “The test
will be conducted by the naval personnel to
gauge the effectiveness of the indigenously built
anti-ship missile,” an official told The Sunday
Standard.
He said the test was aimed to study the control
and guidance system of the missile and its other
parameters besides providing training to the user
—the navy. The exercise could make the missile
more acceptable and a successful test would
pave the way for its induction.
Dhanush, which is produced by the DRDO, has a
striking range of 250-350 km and can carry single
warhead up to 500 kg. Unlike the Prithvi, its
landlubber sibling, the missile will be fired at best
from an unwieldy launch pad.
Defence planners have visualised two variants of
the Dhanush. While one will have a range of 250
km, the other will have a capability to hit targets
500 km away. Scientists also have planned to
acquire a reach of 500 km through this missile by
mounting a lighter warhead.
Part of India’s Integrated Guided Missile
Development Programme, Dhanush is about
8.53 metres in length and 0.9 metre in diameter
besides its launch weight of about 4.4 tonnes.
This single stage missile uses liquid propellant. It
can be used as an anti-ship weapon as well as for
destroying land targets depending on the range.
However, before the Dhanush trial, India’s first
carrier-borne naval fighter Light Combat Aircraft
Tejas will take to the skies. DRDO Chief V K
Saraswat said that the aircraft would go for its
maiden flight in the last week of December.
---------- Post added at 09:38 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:35 AM ----------
I get the feeling they are
experimenting with a light anti
ship warhead and seeker here,
for later modified use on
prithvi-1 as a desi 1200km range
x 500kg warhead x Mach10+
ballistic DF21ASBM
.
.
Link :- http://www.expressbuzz.com/thesundaystandard/n-tipped-dhanush-set-for-fresh-trial/342151.html
Both Prahaar and Brahmos are non nuke missiles.
