Nirbhay: The most awaited cruise missile

[Safriz]

And this is one thing I never understood why can't countries who are already in possession of nuclear weapons can't test them underground.

Supercomputers is the keyword to search.

 

[ptltejas]

@Kinetic

hope Info will be posted bro.

 

[kṣamā]

Supercomputers is the keyword to search.

Care to explain.

 

[OrionHunter]

Now let's take 10Kg for the sake of discussion. I have not added to it the wight of firing mechanisms, shielding [Yup weapons too have shielding], safeguards and redundancies. So the question arises, what weight should a small self contained nuke weigh? Smallest, that can make a impact, 100 kg but it used ~100% enriched U235 and 350kg with abt 98.3% enrichment.

So at last, how much can Nasr carry as a warhead ? Sadly just 50kg.

The W54 was one of the smallest nuclear warheads deployed by the United States. It was a very compact implosion-type nuclear weapon design, designed for tactical use and had a very low yield for a nuclear weapon of + - 10 tons equivalent TNT (Horishima was a nominal 20KT (20,000 tons equivalent TNT).

There were four variants that share the same basic core: a nuclear system which is 10.75 inches diameter (270 mm), about 15.7 inches long (400 mm), and weighs around or slightly over 23 kg.

The W54 style warhead was known to be used on the M-388 Davy Crockett, a tactical nuclear recoilless rifle projectile that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War.

A Davy Crockett casing preserved in the United States
Army Ordnance Museum

The W54 is small enough to be deployed as a SADM (Special Atomic Demolition Munition) or so called "Backpack Nuke." The United States Air Force also developed a project using the W54, on the AIM-26 Falcon. It is notable for being the only U.S. guided air-to-air weapon with a nuclear warhead. It was intended to destroy formations of Soviet bombers at a time when guided missiles were not accurate enough to produce high-probability kills with small conventional warheads.

After the AIM-26 Falcon was retired, 300 units were rebuilt into an improved configuration with a higher yield and re-designated the W72. These warheads were then used to produce a number of nuclear versions of the AGM-62 Walleye television guided glide bomb system. The W72 variant had a yield of around 600 Tons of TNT or 0.6KT and were in service till 1979.

Cheers!

 

[Yogi]

long range cruise missile is the need of the hour for india even more important then ballastic missiles bcoz they are cost effective n highly portable as they can be launched from fighter planes n subs also n difficult to track

I think super su30mki carrying nirbhay would be a formidable platform....

 

[kṣamā]

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The W54 was one of the smallest nuclear warheads deployed by the United States. It was a very compact implosion-type nuclear weapon design, designed for tactical use and had a very low yield for a nuclear weapon of + - 10 tons equivalent TNT (Horishima was a nominal 20KT (20,000 tons equivalent TNT).

There were four variants that share the same basic core: a nuclear system which is 10.75 inches diameter (270 mm), about 15.7 inches long (400 mm), and weighs around or slightly over 23 kg.

The W54 style warhead was known to be used on the M-388 Davy Crockett, a tactical nuclear recoilless rifle projectile that was deployed by the United States during the Cold War.

A Davy Crockett casing preserved in the United States
Army Ordnance Museum

The W54 is small enough to be deployed as a SADM (Special Atomic Demolition Munition) or so called "Backpack Nuke." The United States Air Force also developed a project using the W54, on the AIM-26 Falcon. It is notable for being the only U.S. guided air-to-air weapon with a nuclear warhead. It was intended to destroy formations of Soviet bombers at a time when guided missiles were not accurate enough to produce high-probability kills with small conventional warheads.

After the AIM-26 Falcon was retired, 300 units were rebuilt into an improved configuration with a higher yield and re-designated the W72. These warheads were then used to produce a number of nuclear versions of the AGM-62 Walleye television guided glide bomb system. The W72 variant had a yield of around 600 Tons of TNT or 0.6KT and were in service till 1979.

Cheers!

well I have written about the same thing on #56.

In short The W-54 nuclear package is certainly light enough by itself to be used in a "suitcase bomb" but the closest equivalent to such a device that US has ever deployed was a man-carried version called the Mk-54 SADM (Small Atomic Demolition Munition). This used a version of the W-54, but the whole package was much larger and heavier. It was a cylinder 40 cm by 60 cm, and weighed 68 kg (the actual warhead portion weighed only 27 kg). Although the Mk-54 SADM has itself been called a "suitcase bomb" it is more like a "steamer trunk" bomb, especially considering its weight.

 

[bloo]

Just to brust your bubble, This year Babur test achieved 2 meter CEP without any Satellite guidance. DSMAC, TERCOM and INS guidance systems are used in Babur.

Any links?

Seriously you shouldn't post comments at-least in this thread, considering your info it looms you have no clue whatsoever how cruise missile are operated..

On topic - Good for India, I wish ya guys all the very best.

I really haven't seen any material that says that Babur is in sync with the COMPASS. Besides only recently did BrahMos had to aqcuire a new Nav system just to accommodate the Glonass GNSS.
And I really don't think Babur is that omnipotent enough to employ both GPS and compass.



Returning to topic.
Has Russia really provided the engine for the Nirbhay?
After all won't that be a direct conflict to the MTCR?

 

[Tshering22]

Can't wait for the test to succeed. Nirbhays are badly needed in the bordering areas as BrahMos is just too damn expensive to be deployed en masse. If we need to "rain missiles" this would be the right choice. Let's hold our breaths and wait.