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India successfully tests Nirbhay cruise missile

Nirbhay - India's Indigenously Developed Long-Range, Loitering, Subsonic Cruise Missile....


Wow! It can loiter too!! :woot:
 
seiko said:
I seriously doubt it is nuclear capable.. Can anyone clarify?? @kurup @acetophenol @sandy_3126 @sancho @Abingdonboy
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It is designed to be a conventional cruise missile (like the Tomahawk) BUT it can be nuclear tipped (as can the Bhramos) but that is purely a secondary role.

axisofevil said:
The distance of this missile has to be increased big time for it to be an effective platform for us.
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The present 1,000 km range is nothing to scoff at mate.
 
axisofevil said:
The distance of this missile has to be increased big time for it to be an effective platform for us.
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what is important is the mastery of turbofan technology ...

I am sure once we have demonstrated capability ...we would be able to extend the missile range further ...
 
kurup said:
It can carry one ....... But don't think it will ever . Maybe an air launched version in the future will carry nuke warheads .

BGM-109A Tomahawk Land Attack Missile – Nuclear (TLAM-A) with a W80 nuclear warhead. Retired from service sometime between 2010 and 2013
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It has been widely speculated that all SFC owned Sukhois will be armed with nuclear tipped nirbhay missiles ...

which will be a force multiplier for obvious reasons ....
 
kurup said:
Many sources say the actual range is 1200km .

More the merrier .
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as you know the range is not fixed ..it varies with mission profile ...

I think somebody rounded off the missile range to 1000 km ...

Yes maximum range for current generation of Nirbhay will be 1200 km
 
Indo-guy said:
as you know the range is not fixed ..it varies with mission profile ...

I think somebody rounded off the missile range to 1000 km ...

Yes maximum range for current generation of Nirbhay will be 1200 km
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To be honest the true range will never be divulged to the public- that would be rather counter productive, it will always be a rounded off figure.
 
Indo-guy said:
It has been widely speculated that all SFC owned Sukhois will be armed with nuclear tipped nirbhay missiles ...

which will be a force multiplier for obvious reasons ....
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That is exactly what I meant .

I don't see a requirement for a nuclear tipped Nirbhay GLCM .
 
can some body shed some light on guidance systems (if it is same as brahmos)
 
kurup said:
That is exactly what I meant .

I don't see a requirement for a nuclear tipped Nirbhay GLCM .
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Cruise missiles are supposed to be weapons of surprise ...

what is wrong if the surprise is " Nuclear " one ...?

I do not understand why nuclear capable ALCM should preclude nuclear capable GLCM !
 

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