The flight-test of Nirbhay, India’s subsonic cruise missile, fails again

[Malik Usman]

The flight-test of Nirbhay, India’s subsonic cruise missile, from the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Balasore, Odisha, on Wednesday was “an utter failure”, informed sources in the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said. Out of four Nirbhay missions so far, three have ended in failure. The two-stage Nirbhay lifts off like a missile and later flies an aircraft. It combines in itself missile and aeronautical technologies. The DRDO conceived, designed and developed Nirbhay to fly at a subsonic speed of 0.7 km and take out targets 1,000 km away. On Wednesday afternoon, after the missile took off from Launch Complex-III of the ITR, it did not follow the required flight path. “The booster engine in Nirbhay’s first stage started working. The missile lifted off from its launcher. But it started veering dangerously towards one side in less than two minutes of its lift-off,” DRDO officials said. It started flying beyond the safety corridor and threatened to fall on the land. So the “destruct” mechanism in the first stage of the missile was activated and Nirbhay was destroyed. DRDO sources called the mission “an utter failure” because the missile started veering towards one side in the “initial phase” of the flight itself. “It is a big failure. We should have a thorough re-look at what has been done so far. Out of four Nirbhay missions, three have ended in failure,” sources added. Ruling out any problem with the missile’s configuration, sources said it could be “a hardware failure” that led to the mission being aborted. “This is a hardware element issue. This is a reliability issue with a component,” they explained. A successful Nirbhay mission would have lasted for more than an hour. In a normal mission, the contraption will take off vertically like a missile, then a mechanism in its first stage will tilt the missile horizontally and the first stage with its booster engine will jettison into the sea. Then the second stage with the turbo-engine will start cruising horizontally like an aircraft with its wings spread out at a subsonic speed of 0.7 Mach. The missile can carry a 300-kg warhead. Nirbhay’s debut flight on March 12, 2013 was a failure. After 20 minutes of its flight, it deviated from its flight path and the contraption’s “destruct” mechanism was activated to destroy it. The second flight on October 17, 2014 was a big success. The missile travelled 1,010 km instead of the targeted 800 km. The third mission on October 16, 2015 was again a failure again. After 70 seconds of its flight, when it was cruising like an aircraft after the first stage had fallen off as planned, it lost control and fell within the safety zone.

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[Hassan Guy]

 

[Asgard]

We are in no hurry to rush Nirbhay, BrahMos with a range of 600 km can cover all strategic sites in Pakistan:
If it was a necessity we can easily acquire Russian offered Kalibr.

 

[mirage]

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yea , i am glad and happy too , as when it is used in war , it creates havoc in the enemy territory after successful induction /// failure is just a temporary phase , moreover failure is not fatal and is not the end <> it is the courage to continue that counts ultimately !!!!

 

[Malik Usman]

That also raise eyebrow on the success flights of Brahmos in past, as claimed by India........ if that missile is failed, question is, Does India really masters in Cruise Missile technology or those are just bubbles.....

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

We are in no hurry to rush Nirbhay, BrahMos with a range of 600 km can cover all strategic sites in Pakistan:
If it was a necessity we can easily acquire Russian offered Kalibr.

where is the 600km brahamos?

That also raise eyebrow on the success flights of Brahmos in past, as claimed by India........ if that missile is failed, question is, Does India really masters in Cruise Missile technology or those are just bubbles.....

brahamos was russian missile tested in india.
I know indians reply would be china china. china help us start. now it's our scientists doing everything.

 

[Asgard]

where is the 600km brahamos?


brahamos was russian missile tested in india.
I know indians reply would be china china. china help us start. now it's our scientists doing everything.

Brahmos range is doubled now:

According to a scientist at DRDO, "only very minor changes in software and hardware are required" to increase the range.
An Indian Navy official backed this claim. "BrahMos is a re-engineered version of [the] Russian P-800 Oniks/Yakhont anti-ship missile, and no major modification is required to achieve 600-kilometers range,"

Brigadier Bhonsle agrees that the range of BrahMos missile currebtly in use is 600 km.

http://www.defensenews.com/articles/with-mtcr-entry-india-to-increase-brahmos-cruise-missile-range

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Range-of-BrahMos-to-be-doubled/article16084628.ece

 

[CBU-105]

 

[Mrc]

Brahmos range is doubled now:


http://www.defensenews.com/articles/with-mtcr-entry-india-to-increase-brahmos-cruise-missile-range

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Range-of-BrahMos-to-be-doubled/article16084628.ece

It is rumoured ... it once circled the moon twice before hitting its target

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

Brahmos range is doubled now:


http://www.defensenews.com/articles/with-mtcr-entry-india-to-increase-brahmos-cruise-missile-range

http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/Range-of-BrahMos-to-be-doubled/article16084628.ece

your source contradicts your statement.
As we are speaking it's range is 300km only.
It will be doubled in future.

and what is the maximum range under mtcr rules?

 

[Asgard]

It is rumoured ... it once circled the moon twice before hitting its target

Nope, Putin himself confirmed it:

The confirmation for the same came when Russian President Vladimir Putin talked of the intent to increase BrahMos’ range, during an interaction with Russia’s journalists. “We have also agreed to improve the BrahMos missile, which will be land-, air- and sea-launched. We will also work to increase its range,” Putin said during his interaction after the annual Russia-India summit on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit.

http://www.financialexpress.com/ind...russia-modi-putin-mtcr-pakistan-china/424178/

your source contradicts your statement.
As we are speaking it's range is 300km only.
It will be doubled in future.

and what is the maximum range under mtcr rules?

Not at all, it basically confirms BrahMos range was always 600 km and it was nothing but a P-800 Oniks.
Russia and India downplayed it's range due to India not yet part of MTCR:

According to a scientist at DRDO, "only very minor changes in software and hardware are required" to increase the range.
An Indian Navy official backed this claim. "BrahMos is a re-engineered version of [the] Russian P-800 Oniks/Yakhont anti-ship missile, and no major modification is required to achieve 600-kilometers range,"

Brigadier Bhonsle agrees that the range of BrahMos missile currebtly in use is 600 km.

 

[Taimoor Khan]

Timings couldn't have been more perfect.

 

[lonelyman]

That also raise eyebrow on the success flights of Brahmos in past, as claimed by India........ if that missile is failed, question is, Does India really masters in Cruise Missile technology or those are just bubbles.....

India does not, bramos shit is Russia watered down export

 

[wali87]

The fourth test of India's "Nirbhay" land-attack cruise missile (LACMs), designed to carry nuclear or conventional warheads failed on Wednesday, reported the Times of India.

All the four tests of the subsonic missile, with a strike range of 1,000km, have failed to achieve the required test parameters.

"The test was an utter failure, with the missile veering to the right within two minutes of take-off," ToI quoted a source.

The missile's first test in March 2013 had completely failed. The second one was dubbed "a partial success" in October 2014 but the third test in October 2015 also failed miserably, said the report.

According to the report, the missile had to be destroyed in mid-air after it deviated from its flight-path along the coast in Bay of Bengal soon after launch from the Integrated Test Range at Balasore, off the Odisha coast around noon on Wednesday.

The Indian armed forces already have the supersonic BrahMos cruise missiles, developed with the help of Russia, but they have a range of only 290kms with the ability to carry conventional warheads.

"The Nirbhay, a stealth missile in the making for almost a decade now, was meant to fulfill the armed forces' demand for nuclear-tipped land-attack cruise missiles versatile enough to be fired from land, air and sea. The missile was said to be a counter to Pakistan's Babur LACM."

Cruise missiles such as the Nirbhay, are designed to fly at low-altitudes, virtually hugging the terrain, to evade enemy radars and missile defence systems, the report said, adding that the Nirbhay, after an initial blast off with a solid-propellant booster engine, is supposed to deploy its smallish wings and tail fins in the second-stage to fly like an aircraft.

"The missile, which flies at a speed of 0.6 to 0.7 Mach and carries a 300-kg warhead, is designed to be highly maneuverable with "loitering capabilities" to first identify and then hit the intended target."

 

[AUz]

india successfully FAILS again! Utter losers.

Pakistan remains far ahead in missile strike capabilities with our ballistic AND cruise missile programs.

BrahMos was build by Russians and hence is somewhat reliable in indian hands---Nirbhay was indigenous and same thing happened that happened to Arjunk tank, tejashit, and pretty much every other failed project by failure neighbor of ours.

Four failed tests in a row.

No wonder our top scientists like Dr Samar Mubarakmand laughs at indians in interviews

There you indians---that's how you conduct successful cruise missile launches