India Indian General Missile and Guided Munition Archive

[Gessler]

Interesting...

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So as per this the firepower element of the Integrated Rocket Forces will be chiefly based around four platforms:

1) BrahMos Block-II/Block-III/ER -- 290 to 800 km range; Ramjet
2) Nirbhay/ITCM/LRLACM -- 1000 km range; Turbofan
3) Pralay -- 500 km range; Solid rocket
4) ??? -- 1500km range; Solid Rocket?

I'm not sure as to what 1,500-km class ballistic missile is in development? Can't be the Agni-Prime as that's a strategic platform, not tactical.

Perhaps a ground-launched land-attack version of this, maybe:

 

[Gessler]

'SMART' standoff ASW missile tested again:

Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo system successfully flight-tested by DRDO off the Odisha coast

Supersonic Missile-Assisted Release of Torpedo (SMART) system was successfully flight-tested at arou

pib.gov.in

 

[Zapper]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1785566658402349217

 

[Zapper]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1786746550011797643

 

[Nilgiri]

Bharat dynamics limited (BDL) Facility walkthrough.

They got some very interesting close up footage that was surprisingly allowed (kind of thing impossible not too long ago IMO)
@Gessler @Zapper @Afif @TR_123456 et al.

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1795775286237077522

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1801268107182293287

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1532200147764973568

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1823247016795021401

 

[Nilgiri]

India’s New Naval Missile: Intercepting Mach 7 Anti-Ship Ballistic Missiles

India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing a new long-range surface-to-air missile for the Indian Navy, boasting a range exceeding 250 km. This advanced missile will al

bharatshakti.in

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1828818206158672057

 

[Rajendra Chola]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1823247016795021401

looks to be similar range of Akash missiles. Not sure what this new program wants to accomplish

 

[Nilgiri]

looks to be similar range of Akash missiles. Not sure what this new program wants to accomplish

Cost effectiveness at stand-off range.

Can look at glide bomb use/relevancy in the US conflicts (post cold war) and also current RUS-UKR war.

 

[kakaliam2]

Cost effectiveness at stand-off range.

Can look at glide bomb use/relevancy in the US conflicts (post cold war) and also current RUS-UKR war.

He is asking about SAM system SAMAR vs AKASH and not GAURAV Glide Bomb.
SAMAR is about Desi Jugaad'fying the copious amounts of Russian AAM Missiles in our inventory. SAMAR similar to NASAMs or SPYDER is about using AAMs as Short Range Mobile SAM System. Since, simply dumping them in graveyard is waste of money along with rising threat of cheap drones, all of older AAMs may be converted to SAMAR while Astra-1, 2 and 3 becomes Standard BVRAAM.

It is just repurposing the existing inventory to squeeze leftover value because after some X time, they are unfit for Aerial Launch. That's it.

 

[Gessler]

@Nilgiri

Here it is, the full extent of the Kusha/XRSAM program:

 

[Nilgiri]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1834509978356351436

DRDO successfully tests VL-SRSAM with a new Ku-Band AESA seeker

The new Ku-Band seeker developed by DRDO features 164 Transmit and Receive Modules (TRM) packed in a 140mm diameter aperture. It is being produced by Astra

www.overtdefense.com

"The new Ku-Band seeker developed by DRDO features 164 Ku-band Transmit and Receive Modules (TRM) packed in a 140mm diameter aperture. It is being produced by Astra Microwave Private Limited (AMP), Hyderabad. AMP is also the manufacturing partner for LRDEs X-Band Uttam AESA radar for Tejas Mk1A featuring 912 X-band TRMs. The instantaneous beam steering provided by the new seeker will help VL-SRSAM to maintain a continuous lock on the target, improving the probability of kill against aircraft and anti-ship missiles."

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1532200147764973568

Any pic of the real Astr MK2 yet?

 

[Gessler]

Any pic of the real Astr MK2 yet?

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1832311631080030524

Drop tests from few years ago:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1577204783760359424

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1832311631080030524

Drop tests from few years ago:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1577204783760359424

They look like Mk1 by fin design & position, which doesn't match with Mk2 in diagram.

 

[Gessler]

They look like Mk1 by fin design & position, which doesn't match with Mk2 in diagram.

Pretty sure that pic in the tweet is a Derby.

Astra Mk2 has always looked externally similar to Mk1.