Surface To Air Missiles | Terror in the Sky.

[Super Falcon]

The Saab Bofors Dynamics Bamse all-weather, all-target, air defence missile system is deployed to protect fixed and mobile assets. It can be used against a range of threats including fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aircraft, stand-off missiles, cruise and anti-radiation missiles and guided bombs.

Bamse is effective against very small and very fast targets such as air-to-surface attack missiles. The system has all-weather capability and a target range that exceeds the stand-off distance of electro-optically controlled weapons. The system provides a target range over 15km and coverage to an altitude up to 15,000m.

Bofors (later to become Saab Bofors) and Ericsson (now Saab) Microwave Systems completed the project definition phase in 1991 and the engineering development program began in 1992.

In 1993 the Swedish Government placed a contract on the then Bofors Missiles and Ericsson to carry out the full-scale development of the Bamse system.

The Bamse system has successfully completed a series of performance trials carried out by the Swedish Defence Forces, Forsvarets Materielverk (FMV, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) and the FOA Research Institute of the Swedish National Defence (FOA).

In 2000, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration awarded Saab a production contract for the system. BAMSE demonstrator system entered service with the Swedish armed forces in 2005.

In May 2008, the first production system was delivered and the Swedish Armed Forces announced that operational units would begin formation before the end of 2008.

Bamse firing battery
The Bamse firing battery includes a surveillance coordination centre and three missile control centres. The missile control centres are towed to position by a cross-country vehicle, which also carries a store of missiles for reloading.

The system can be deployed and prepared for firing in less than ten minutes.

Surveillance control centre
The surveillance control centre is installed in a truck-mounted 20ft standard container, which is armoured to provide protection against fragmentation and against nuclear, biological and chemical warfare environments.

The surveillance control centre is equipped with the Ericsson Microwave Systems Giraffe AMB (Agile Multi-Beam) 3D surveillance radar with a 12m-high mast which operates at C-band (5.40GHz to 5.90GHz).

"The Bamse firing battery includes a surveillance coordination centre and three missile control centres."The Giraffe AMB uses a 'stacked beam' antenna arrangement, with one wide beam for transmission and multiple narrow beams for simultaneous reception. This provides a target update rate of one per second, with an elevation coverage of more than 70°. The IFF transmit and receive units are mounted on the radar antenna.

The surveillance control centre, operated by a crew of one or two, carries out real-time threat evaluation and combat coordination with target acquisition, identification, tracking and prioritisation.

The surveillance control centre automatically selects the optimum missile control centre to engage the target and hands over the target data.

One surveillance coordination centre can coordinate up to four missile control centres. The distance between the surveillance control centre and the missile control centres is typically 10km and between missile control centres, 20km.

Both the missile control centre and the surveillance coordination centre are equipped with embedded simulators allowing training and mission planning using a large library of simulation scenarios.

Missile control centre
The missile launcher with six ready-to-fire missiles is installed on the roof of the missile control centre. The centre, which is fragment-protected and nuclear, biological and chemical warfare (NBC) protected, houses two computer stations and is operated by one or two crew.

The missile control centres are linked by cable or by radio data communications to the surveillance control centre. The radio data link has a maximum range of 15km. For the Swedish Armed Forces the BAMSE uses the TS 9000 tactical radio net.

The missile control centre initiates the target engagement sequence either autonomously or on receipt of a signal from the surveillance control centre.

The missile control centre is equipped with a variant of the K-band 34GHz to 35GHz Eagle fire control radar developed by Ericsson, a suite of weather sensors, an information friend or foe interrogator and a thermal imager.

"Bamse is effective against very small and very fast targets such as air-to-surface attack missiles."The sensors are mounted on a mast that can be raised to 8m in height. The elevation arm of the mast is installed between the missile launch tubes to protect the radar against obstacles while the vehicle is in transit.

The ability of the sensors to look over obstacles near the deployment site gives the missile control centre improved capability to acquire and track low flying hostile targets. After firing the launcher is reloaded in under four minutes.

The missile control centre is also used to carry out threat evaluation and engagement planning.

Missile

The radar command-to-line-of-sight (CLOS) missile uses solid propellant booster and sustainer rocket motors which give the missile high acceleration and high maintained velocity. Nammo supplies the sustainer rocket motor and components for the booster motor. The missile has a range of more than 15km and covers altitudes to 15,000m.

The missile has high manoeuvrability, even at the outer range limit. The fragmentation and shaped charge warhead is equipped with a proximity fuse and an impact fuse.

 

[Super Falcon]

The Aster 30 SAMP/T (sol-air moyenne portée terrestre or surface-to-air medium range / land) is a land-based air defence system effective against high-speed threats such as tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, combat aircraft and UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles). The missile system has been developed by Eurosam, jointly owned by MBDA Missile Systems and Thales.

The French Ministry of Defence has placed orders for six SAMP/T systems for the French Army and six systems for the French Air Force. Eurosam has received an order for six SAMP/T systems for the Italian Army.

Full-scale development of the Aster 30 missile and the SAMP/T started in 1990, with production engineering and initial volume production in 1997. Qualification firing trials began in 1999.

The first qualification trial involving the whole system took place in July 2005. The successful trial included target acquisition and tracking by the Arabel radar and interception of a C-22 target at an altitude of 7,000m and range of 26km. A second successful test took place in December 2005. The third and final test took place in November 2006 and involved interception of the target at altitude 3,000m and range 11km.

SAMP/T began operational evaluation with the French and Italian armies in May 2008 with two successful test firings. Operational acceptance tests were concluded with the Italian Army and French Air Force in July 2008. In December 2008, a successful firing test took place, incorporating software changes suggested by the technical evaluation, prior to the delivery of the first serial production system to the French Air Force. SAMP/T is scheduled to enter service in late 2009.

MBDA is developing the ASTER block 2 missile for the SAMP/T launcher, which will have longer range and, with different trajectories, will be effective against future ballistic missile threats.

SAMP/T battery
A typical SAMP/T battery includes a command and control vehicle, Arabel radar and up to six transporter erector launcher (TEL) vehicles, each with eight missiles and a store of reload missiles. The missile TEL vehicles are dispersed to launch sites located up to 10km from the Arabel radar.

The SAMP/T system uses MAGICS (modular architecture for graphics and image console systems) and MARA (modular architecture for real-time applications) computers.

"The Aster 30 SAMP/T (sol-air moyenne portée) is a land-based air defence system."The Arabel multi-function radar acquires and tracks the targets. The command system evaluates, prioritises and designates the targets. The data on primary and secondary targets is downloaded to the missile launchers and seeker and data link frequency channels are allocated.

The missile is launched and as it turns over in flight towards the target, the target's position and velocity data are transmitted via the uplink channel at one second intervals.

Arabel radar
The SAMP/T uses an upgraded version of the Arabel radar, with improved performance developed under the Aster 30 block 1 upgrade program, in order to extend the system's capability against higher speed targets and higher altitude targets. The SAMP/T system can intercept at 600km range (short range ballistic missile targets).

The Thales Arabel radar is a 3D phased array radar for surveillance, tracking and missile guidance. The rectangular, 4,000-element, phased array antenna rotates at one revolution a second. Arabel operates in the eight to 13GHz X band (I/J band) with 360° azimuthal and -5° to 90° elevation scanning.

The system can track up to 100 targets simultaneously and manage the uplink transmission of command update data to 16 missiles simultaneously. The standard Arabel radar operates at 150kW peak power and has a range of 100km.

The beam can be shaped to optimise the performance. The radar uses frequency agility and pulse compression ECCM (electronic counter-countermeasures) techniques.

Land vehicle
For the French Army, the SAMP/T is mounted on a Renault 8x4 Kerax transporter erector launcher vehicle or a similar vehicle. Each vehicle is fitted with eight ready-to-fire missile containers and all eight missiles from a single launcher can be salvo-fired in under ten seconds.

"The successful Aster SAMP/T trial included target acquisition and tracking by the Arabel radar."The SAMP/T for the Italian Army will be mounted on Astra 8x8 transporter erector launcher trucks, each truck with eight missiles.

Aster 30 block 1 missiles
SAMP/T uses Aster 30 block 1 missiles which are equipped with a modified seeker, fuse, signal processing and a directional blast warhead where larger warhead fragments are directed towards the target.

The Aster 30 missile has a tandem first stage solid propellant booster motor which is jettisoned after launch and turn-over and before the mid-course phase. The first stage booster motor, developed by Fiat Avio, has length 2.3m, weight 340kg, burn time 3.5 seconds. It has two steerable nozzles to provide the missile with thrust vector control during the initial stage of flight.

After jettisoning the first stage booster motor, the second stage missile has a weight of 110kg, length of 2.6m and diameter of 18cm. The body of the missile carries four long rectangular wings and four blunt-tipped triangular control fins at the rear. The second stage missile is fitted with solid propellant sustainer motor. The sustainer motor efflux tube carries the uplink receiver and the fin actuators.

The missile uses inertial mid-course guidance, with guidance correction update data being transmitted from the ground-based fire control centre via the Arabel multifunction radar's uplink data channel. The Sagem Agyle inertial guidance unit is fitted with a Sistemi Inersiali inertial guidance reference system and a Sagem miniature laser gyroscope.

The missile uses 'pilotage en force' (PIF) fine-controlled side thrust exhaust for manoeuvrability in the final phase of flight just before intercept, to ensure that the missile is within 2m of the target when the warhead is detonated. The missile's PIF system comprises a solid propellant gas generator which exhausts through four lateral nozzles in the long rectangular wings at a point close to the missile's centre of gravity.

The missile does not role in the final phase of flight. The guidance control system commands the PIF system to exhaust through one or two nozzles generating a controlled sideways thrust pulling up to 60g acceleration.

The missile and the target approach each other on a reciprocal flight path. As the missile approaches the target in the terminal phase, the missile uses an active pulse Doppler radar seeker, a derivative of the AD4 seeker design which incorporates a high-power travelling wave tube transmitter and wide antenna deflection, to home in on the target.

"Aster 30 SAMP/T has the capability to intercept targets at altitudes from 50m to 20km."The seeker is laid on the target using data transmitted via the ground to missile uplink. Once seeker lock-on has been conformed the missile operates autonomously. The modifications to the seeker include higher closing velocity capability, an adjustment to the duty cycle to increase the transmitted power, an additional high resolution range function, and modified target lock-on and tracking algorithms. The seeker has ECCM including home on jam and clutter suppression. The programmable J-band pulse Doppler AD4A radar seeker manufactured by Thales and Selex Sistemi Integrati, operates at 12GHz to 18GHz.

The missile, which weighs typically 100kg at target intercept, is fitted with a 15kg directional blast fragmentation warhead designed by Fiat Avio and MBDA. The warhead is fitted with a Ku-band proximity fuse, which generates a constant working pseudo random phase digital coded waveform. The warhead is loaded with two types of fragments, 4g and larger fragments, which are directed towards the target.

Performance
The maximum speed of Aster 30 is 1.4km/sec. Aster 30 has the capability to intercept targets at altitudes from 50m to 20km. Against aircraft targets flying at altitudes above 3km, the maximum range of the Aster 30 is 100km. At aircraft targets with altitudes below 3km, the range of Aster 30 is 50km.

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The Aster 30 SAMP/T (sol-air moyenne portée terrestre or surface-to-air medium range / land) is a land-based air defence system effective against high-speed threats such as tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, combat aircraft and UCAVs (unmanned combat air vehicles). The missile system has been developed by Eurosam, jointly owned by MBDA Missile Systems and Thales.

The French Ministry of Defence has placed orders for six SAMP/T systems for the French Army and six systems for the French Air Force. Eurosam has received an order for six SAMP/T systems for the Italian Army.

Full-scale development of the Aster 30 missile and the SAMP/T started in 1990, with production engineering and initial volume production in 1997. Qualification firing trials began in 1999.

The first qualification trial involving the whole system took place in July 2005. The successful trial included target acquisition and tracking by the Arabel radar and interception of a C-22 target at an altitude of 7,000m and range of 26km. A second successful test took place in December 2005. The third and final test took place in November 2006 and involved interception of the target at altitude 3,000m and range 11km.

SAMP/T began operational evaluation with the French and Italian armies in May 2008 with two successful test firings. Operational acceptance tests were concluded with the Italian Army and French Air Force in July 2008. In December 2008, a successful firing test took place, incorporating software changes suggested by the technical evaluation, prior to the delivery of the first serial production system to the French Air Force. SAMP/T is scheduled to enter service in late 2009.

MBDA is developing the ASTER block 2 missile for the SAMP/T launcher, which will have longer range and, with different trajectories, will be effective against future ballistic missile threats.

SAMP/T battery
A typical SAMP/T battery includes a command and control vehicle, Arabel radar and up to six transporter erector launcher (TEL) vehicles, each with eight missiles and a store of reload missiles. The missile TEL vehicles are dispersed to launch sites located up to 10km from the Arabel radar.

The SAMP/T system uses MAGICS (modular architecture for graphics and image console systems) and MARA (modular architecture for real-time applications) computers.

"The Aster 30 SAMP/T (sol-air moyenne portée) is a land-based air defence system."The Arabel multi-function radar acquires and tracks the targets. The command system evaluates, prioritises and designates the targets. The data on primary and secondary targets is downloaded to the missile launchers and seeker and data link frequency channels are allocated.

The missile is launched and as it turns over in flight towards the target, the target's position and velocity data are transmitted via the uplink channel at one second intervals.

Arabel radar
The SAMP/T uses an upgraded version of the Arabel radar, with improved performance developed under the Aster 30 block 1 upgrade program, in order to extend the system's capability against higher speed targets and higher altitude targets. The SAMP/T system can intercept at 600km range (short range ballistic missile targets).

The Thales Arabel radar is a 3D phased array radar for surveillance, tracking and missile guidance. The rectangular, 4,000-element, phased array antenna rotates at one revolution a second. Arabel operates in the eight to 13GHz X band (I/J band) with 360° azimuthal and -5° to 90° elevation scanning.

The system can track up to 100 targets simultaneously and manage the uplink transmission of command update data to 16 missiles simultaneously. The standard Arabel radar operates at 150kW peak power and has a range of 100km.

The beam can be shaped to optimise the performance. The radar uses frequency agility and pulse compression ECCM (electronic counter-countermeasures) techniques.

Land vehicle
For the French Army, the SAMP/T is mounted on a Renault 8x4 Kerax transporter erector launcher vehicle or a similar vehicle. Each vehicle is fitted with eight ready-to-fire missile containers and all eight missiles from a single launcher can be salvo-fired in under ten seconds.

"The successful Aster SAMP/T trial included target acquisition and tracking by the Arabel radar."The SAMP/T for the Italian Army will be mounted on Astra 8x8 transporter erector launcher trucks, each truck with eight missiles.

Aster 30 block 1 missiles
SAMP/T uses Aster 30 block 1 missiles which are equipped with a modified seeker, fuse, signal processing and a directional blast warhead where larger warhead fragments are directed towards the target.

The Aster 30 missile has a tandem first stage solid propellant booster motor which is jettisoned after launch and turn-over and before the mid-course phase. The first stage booster motor, developed by Fiat Avio, has length 2.3m, weight 340kg, burn time 3.5 seconds. It has two steerable nozzles to provide the missile with thrust vector control during the initial stage of flight.

After jettisoning the first stage booster motor, the second stage missile has a weight of 110kg, length of 2.6m and diameter of 18cm. The body of the missile carries four long rectangular wings and four blunt-tipped triangular control fins at the rear. The second stage missile is fitted with solid propellant sustainer motor. The sustainer motor efflux tube carries the uplink receiver and the fin actuators.

The missile uses inertial mid-course guidance, with guidance correction update data being transmitted from the ground-based fire control centre via the Arabel multifunction radar's uplink data channel. The Sagem Agyle inertial guidance unit is fitted with a Sistemi Inersiali inertial guidance reference system and a Sagem miniature laser gyroscope.

The missile uses 'pilotage en force' (PIF) fine-controlled side thrust exhaust for manoeuvrability in the final phase of flight just before intercept, to ensure that the missile is within 2m of the target when the warhead is detonated. The missile's PIF system comprises a solid propellant gas generator which exhausts through four lateral nozzles in the long rectangular wings at a point close to the missile's centre of gravity.

The missile does not role in the final phase of flight. The guidance control system commands the PIF system to exhaust through one or two nozzles generating a controlled sideways thrust pulling up to 60g acceleration.

The missile and the target approach each other on a reciprocal flight path. As the missile approaches the target in the terminal phase, the missile uses an active pulse Doppler radar seeker, a derivative of the AD4 seeker design which incorporates a high-power travelling wave tube transmitter and wide antenna deflection, to home in on the target.

"Aster 30 SAMP/T has the capability to intercept targets at altitudes from 50m to 20km."The seeker is laid on the target using data transmitted via the ground to missile uplink. Once seeker lock-on has been conformed the missile operates autonomously. The modifications to the seeker include higher closing velocity capability, an adjustment to the duty cycle to increase the transmitted power, an additional high resolution range function, and modified target lock-on and tracking algorithms. The seeker has ECCM including home on jam and clutter suppression. The programmable J-band pulse Doppler AD4A radar seeker manufactured by Thales and Selex Sistemi Integrati, operates at 12GHz to 18GHz.

The missile, which weighs typically 100kg at target intercept, is fitted with a 15kg directional blast fragmentation warhead designed by Fiat Avio and MBDA. The warhead is fitted with a Ku-band proximity fuse, which generates a constant working pseudo random phase digital coded waveform. The warhead is loaded with two types of fragments, 4g and larger fragments, which are directed towards the target.

Performance
The maximum speed of Aster 30 is 1.4km/sec. Aster 30 has the capability to intercept targets at altitudes from 50m to 20km. Against aircraft targets flying at altitudes above 3km, the maximum range of the Aster 30 is 100km. At aircraft targets with altitudes below 3km, the range of Aster 30 is 50km.

 

[hardtarget]

Anza (English: Lance) is a series of shoulder-fired, man-portable surface-to-air missiles produced by Pakistan. Guided by an infra-red homing seeker, Anza is used for low level air defence.[6][7]

Anza is produced by Kahuta Research Laboratories (KRL), being one of the facility's main conventional weapons projects. Development was originally undertaken to eliminate dependence on importing expensive foreign systems.[8] Various versions of the Anza are currently in service with the Pakistan Army,[9] with the Mk-III version being the most recent.[10][11] The Anza is also offered for export, Malaysia being its only known export customer after receiving 100 Anza Mk-I in 2002 and, later, a further 500 Anza Mk-II systems.[12][13]

Contents [hide]
1 Development and design
1.1 Training aids
2 Variants
3 Operators
4 Operational history
5 Specifications
6 References
7 External links

[edit] Development and design
Some sources state that the Anza Mk-II was co-developed in a joint project by Pakistan and China.[14] Pervez Musharraf has stated Pakistan cooperated with North Korea in the production of conventional weapons when it developed the Anza.[15]

The Anza Mk-I entered service with the Pakistan Army in January 1990,[11][16][17] followed by the Anza Mk-II in September 1994.[17] Serial production of Anza Mk-III for the Pakistan Army was announced in 2006.[10]

In recent years, Pakistan has advertised the Anza series for export,[18] displaying it at the International Defense Exhibition (IDEX) 2007 event in the United Arab Emirates [19] and at the IDEAS 2008 defence exhibition in Pakistan.[20][21]

[edit] Training aids
The Mk-II is known to have the ATS-II Training Simulator included, which consists of a set of four Mk-II training missiles, four firing units, simulated ground batteries, cable interconnectors, PC-based control, monitoring and scoring unit with a target simulator made up of an infrared electric bulb moving along an overhead wire.[22]

The High Speed Aerial Target Drone, or HISAT-DK, is a high speed, low maintenance target drone that can be used in training operators to use the Anza.[23] It is manned by a four-man crew using Optical Tracking Pod devices.[23] The drones can be used for MANPAD training, though they are also used for other purposes, such as artillery fire support training.[23]

[edit] Variants
Anza Mk-I - The first MANPADS produced by Pakistan for use by the Pakistan Army. Development is believed to have been assisted by China [24] and the design is similar to the HN-5B MANPADS.[25] Approximately 1000 Anza Mk-I were produced between 1989-1998.[4]

Anza Mk-II on display at the IDEAS 2008 defence exhibition, Pakistan.Anza Mk-II - A third generation MANPADS,[26] believed to be based on the Chinese QW-1 MANPADS.[27] Uses a dual-band, cross-scan infra-red homing seeker to counter decoy flares.[28] Also believed to use American missile technology.[29] Approximately 1350 Anza Mk-II were produced between 1994-2009.[30]
Anza Mk-III - Believed to be based on the Chinese QW-2 MANPADS,[31] modifications made to meet Pakistan Army requirements include a new firing unit similar to the Russian 9K38 Igla MANPADS.[10][32] All-aspect attack capability and improved ECCM capability. The minimum altitude of 10 m gives capability to attack very low flying helicopters and cruise missiles. Also has a vehicle-mounted launcher variant.[11]

 

[Arsalan]

The Saab Bofors Dynamics Bamse all-weather, all-target, air defence missile system is deployed to protect fixed and mobile assets. It can be used against a range of threats including fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aircraft, stand-off missiles, cruise and anti-radiation missiles and guided bombs.

Bamse is effective against very small and very fast targets such as air-to-surface attack missiles. The system has all-weather capability and a target range that exceeds the stand-off distance of electro-optically controlled weapons. The system provides a target range over 15km and coverage to an altitude up to 15,000m.

Bofors (later to become Saab Bofors) and Ericsson (now Saab) Microwave Systems completed the project definition phase in 1991 and the engineering development program began in 1992.

In 1993 the Swedish Government placed a contract on the then Bofors Missiles and Ericsson to carry out the full-scale development of the Bamse system.

The Bamse system has successfully completed a series of performance trials carried out by the Swedish Defence Forces, Forsvarets Materielverk (FMV, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration) and the FOA Research Institute of the Swedish National Defence (FOA).

In 2000, the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration awarded Saab a production contract for the system. BAMSE demonstrator system entered service with the Swedish armed forces in 2005.

In May 2008, the first production system was delivered and the Swedish Armed Forces announced that operational units would begin formation before the end of 2008.

Bamse firing battery
The Bamse firing battery includes a surveillance coordination centre and three missile control centres. The missile control centres are towed to position by a cross-country vehicle, which also carries a store of missiles for reloading.

The system can be deployed and prepared for firing in less than ten minutes.

Surveillance control centre
The surveillance control centre is installed in a truck-mounted 20ft standard container, which is armoured to provide protection against fragmentation and against nuclear, biological and chemical warfare environments.

The surveillance control centre is equipped with the Ericsson Microwave Systems Giraffe AMB (Agile Multi-Beam) 3D surveillance radar with a 12m-high mast which operates at C-band (5.40GHz to 5.90GHz).

"The Bamse firing battery includes a surveillance coordination centre and three missile control centres."The Giraffe AMB uses a 'stacked beam' antenna arrangement, with one wide beam for transmission and multiple narrow beams for simultaneous reception. This provides a target update rate of one per second, with an elevation coverage of more than 70°. The IFF transmit and receive units are mounted on the radar antenna.

The surveillance control centre, operated by a crew of one or two, carries out real-time threat evaluation and combat coordination with target acquisition, identification, tracking and prioritisation.

The surveillance control centre automatically selects the optimum missile control centre to engage the target and hands over the target data.

One surveillance coordination centre can coordinate up to four missile control centres. The distance between the surveillance control centre and the missile control centres is typically 10km and between missile control centres, 20km.

Both the missile control centre and the surveillance coordination centre are equipped with embedded simulators allowing training and mission planning using a large library of simulation scenarios.

Missile control centre
The missile launcher with six ready-to-fire missiles is installed on the roof of the missile control centre. The centre, which is fragment-protected and nuclear, biological and chemical warfare (NBC) protected, houses two computer stations and is operated by one or two crew.

The missile control centres are linked by cable or by radio data communications to the surveillance control centre. The radio data link has a maximum range of 15km. For the Swedish Armed Forces the BAMSE uses the TS 9000 tactical radio net.

The missile control centre initiates the target engagement sequence either autonomously or on receipt of a signal from the surveillance control centre.

The missile control centre is equipped with a variant of the K-band 34GHz to 35GHz Eagle fire control radar developed by Ericsson, a suite of weather sensors, an information friend or foe interrogator and a thermal imager.

"Bamse is effective against very small and very fast targets such as air-to-surface attack missiles."The sensors are mounted on a mast that can be raised to 8m in height. The elevation arm of the mast is installed between the missile launch tubes to protect the radar against obstacles while the vehicle is in transit.

The ability of the sensors to look over obstacles near the deployment site gives the missile control centre improved capability to acquire and track low flying hostile targets. After firing the launcher is reloaded in under four minutes.

The missile control centre is also used to carry out threat evaluation and engagement planning.

Missile

The radar command-to-line-of-sight (CLOS) missile uses solid propellant booster and sustainer rocket motors which give the missile high acceleration and high maintained velocity. Nammo supplies the sustainer rocket motor and components for the booster motor. The missile has a range of more than 15km and covers altitudes to 15,000m.

The missile has high manoeuvrability, even at the outer range limit. The fragmentation and shaped charge warhead is equipped with a proximity fuse and an impact fuse.

that sounds really intresting. couple this with some battries of SPADA (if we do get the) and this will add new flavour to the dish

i totally agree tat depending upon just one system is not a good idea, specially with the electronic counter measure techniques developing at a rapid pace, we will require to mix it nicely.

but still the problem remains the same. we have nothing in league of medium-to-high altitiude air defence missile. some thing likr S-300 or something. we have been hearing about the FT2000 also since five to six years and that would have been a good option.
what do you say??

regards!

 

[SQ8]

I believe we evaluated the BAMSE, nothing came of it apparently. Cant remember where I read this though.

On a lighter note.. I think a SAM or AAA system for Flies and mosquitoes would sell well. millimetric radar and a small flak gun.. supplemented by really tiny missiles for that evasive sucker

 

[Arsalan]

I believe we evaluated the BAMSE, nothing came of it apparently. Cant remember where I read this though.

On a lighter note.. I think a SAM or AAA system for Flies and mosquitoes would sell well. millimetric radar and a small flak gun.. supplemented by really tiny missiles for that evasive sucker

we have been evaluating various SAM systems for past six to seven years but the problem is that this is only thing we are doing,,, evaluating.
the militarty forces are not that deprived of funds, we are developing number of other equipment, it is only the matter of priorities. i think that the need of hour is that we go for a medium-to-high altitude SAM system on top priority basis. HQ-9 would be a good option. FT2000 had been under evaluation.
military top brass seem to be thinking otherwise, ofcourse one can not doubt there approach toward these priorities, but, atleast i cannot find one good reason to keep the sector of military deproved of any good...

regards!

 

[hardtarget]

good news pakistan lounching a new missile soon

 

[Arsalan]

good news pakistan lounching a new missile soon

source???

Reference????

 

[khurasaan1]

source???

Reference????

Do we need quote for evrything...trust ure **** bro....if we dont trust our **** brothers then who gonna trust them...indians,israelis,British, US..?
Its good news for me....hooooooo..lets party...
...
Pakistan will be the only super power in the world soon ..inshallah by special Rehmat of Allah (subhanahoo)
If you need evidence you will see it by your own eyes soon inshallah...and i already seen it in my dream Alhamdolillah.....be happy and enjoy life and trust Allah in everythng.

 

[Arsalan]

Do we need quote for evrything...trust ure **** bro....if we dont trust our **** brothers then who gonna trust them...indians,israelis,British, US..?
Its good news for me....hooooooo..lets party...
...
Pakistan will be the only super power in the world soon ..inshallah by special Rehmat of Allah (subhanahoo)
If you need evidence you will see it by your own eyes soon inshallah...and i already seen it in my dream Alhamdolillah.....be happy and enjoy life and trust Allah in everythng.

bro this is not an entertainment forum,,

we are all hear to share our knowledge, i am not trying to humiliate anyone but if the news is ture and is mentioned by some official i assure you that i will be much more happier then you or anyone else.

if you can sort out some time and go throught the thread you will find that main point of debate here has been that we have been hearing about Ft2000 and SPADA since year now and nothing practical have happened so far, let alone starting a party on a troll.

i request that we must provide reference of what ever we say so that good constructive discussion can prevail, which, for me, if the main reason to be on this forum.

i hope you agree!

regards!

 

[Super Falcon]

well one thing is sure pakistan is seriously considering now air defence recently ahmad mukhtar had shown interest in turkish pakistan joint venture in air defence fiield FT 2000 is very good and HQ 9 too if we can bot these and a turkish joint project our skies will be safer than ever before

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Well every major city in Pakistan has to be protected with 2 different variants of missile defence

No question about it Pakistan has to have a defensive umberella for its strategic cities

 

[Donatello]

There is a thread on this forum where i think we discussed that Pakistan already acquired FT-9 system......

so why all the talks again?

 

[khurasaan1]

There is a thread on this forum where i think we discussed that Pakistan already acquired FT-9 system......

so why all the talks again?

Lokks like they luv like talking again and again..nothngelse to do...

 

[khurasaan1]

well one thing is sure pakistan is seriously considering now air defence recently ahmad mukhtar had shown interest in turkish pakistan joint venture in air defence fiield FT 2000 is very good and HQ 9 too if we can bot these and a turkish joint project our skies will be safer than ever before

Alhamdolillah:Yes! ..that will be great if Turkey and Pak join handz to develop together long range antiaircraft/antimissilez system like S400..and i guess they have the caliber to do it (with the grace of almighty Allah) if Im not wrong...most importantly they might need a specific and independant sattelite for it..to be acurate...my 2 cents...