1000 KG Glide Bomb Capable of hitting a target 100 KM away was successfully tested.

[HariPrasad]

India successfully tests 1,000-kg glide bomb
Bhubaneswar, Dec 19, 2014 (IANS):

India Friday tested an indigenously developed 1,000-kg glide bomb, with a top official saying the country can now launch heavy bombs for delivery up to 100 km away with high precision.

The bomb designed and developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) was dropped by an Indian Air force aircraft in the Bay of Bengal off Odisha, an official statement said.

Guided by an on board navigation system, the bomb glided for nearly 100 km before hitting the target with great precision, a statement from the defence ministry said.

The flight of the glide bomb was monitored by radars and electro-optic systems stationed at the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in Odisha's Balasore district, about 230 km from Bhubaneswar.

"The nation today has the capability to design, develop and launch heavy bombs for delivery up to 100 km away with high precision," said DRDO chief Avinash Chander.

He congratulated all the team members who contributed to the success.

Added G. Satheesh Reddy, a distinguish scientist and director of the Research Centre Imarat (RCI): "The country has now become self-reliant in the area of guided precision bombs."

Multiple DRDO laboratories contributed towards developing the glide bomb, the statement said. The complete avionics package and navigation system was designed and developed by RCI.


India successfully tests 1,000-kg glide bomb

 

[HariPrasad]

We can reduce anything into dust in 100 KM from our border by releasing a bomb from MKI flying in our sky.

 

[Assange]

Gr8..... Keep up the good work....

 

[HariPrasad]

India Successfully Tests One Ton Glide Bomb. Why That's Important
All India | Written by Vishnu Som | Updated: December 19, 2014 19:54 IST

The indigenously-developed glide bomb, tested in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha, was dropped by an Indian Air Force aircraft

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• NEW DELHI: India today tested a one ton indigenously-developed glide bomb which successfully hit a target 100 kms away.
  
  The precision-guided bomb, tested in the Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha, was dropped by an Indian Air Force aircraft.
  
  The bomb, guided by its on board navigation system, glided for nearly 100 km before hitting the target with "great precision," said the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which constructed it.
  
  Several radars tracked the flight of the bomb which was developed by multiple centres linked to DRDO.
  
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  According to Dr G Satheesh Reddy, the Director of the DRDO's Research Centre Imarat Laboratory which was the nodal agency in developing the glide bomb, "India has now become self-reliant in the area of guided precision bombs."
  
  Unlike missiles, glide bombs have no onboard motor and are therefore far cheaper to build and maintain than missiles. Glide bombs rely on small control surfaces which direct the weapon towards a target as it progressively loses altitude after being released from an aircraft. The key to a precision guided bomb is its seeker which can lock onto a target based on pre-programmed targeting data. The seeker itself can be optical, infrared or a combination of the two and telemetry for the bomb can also be provided from overhead satellites.
  
  With a range of 100 kms, the Indian-built glide bomb can be fired on ground targets which are beyond the range of most surface-to-air missile systems in use in Pakistan and China. In other words, the pilot of the fighter dropping the bomb can drop the weapon and escape before entering the range of the radars of enemy surface-to-air missiles which can shoot it down.
  
  No images of the DRDO-developed glide bomb have been released so far.

India Successfully Tests One Ton Glide Bomb. Why That's Important

 

[kṣamā]

So this clear the air about the 100 km NOTAM which was released few days ago..

 

[SrNair]

In Chinese border this will give only slight advantage.
But in LoC and beyond of our western this would be a game changer.
Suppose if we imagine a war scenario .First we should destroy AAD in our western side before an air raiding.A SEAD ops is needed.Options are Cruise missiles like Brahmos or Nirbhay or a fifth gen fighter bomb.
First option is effective but also expensive .
Second option is more reliable .But we should also anticipate the advancement in their Radars.

But this Glide bomb is a third option .Most reliable,Cheap option.First wave of attack would be shootdown by their AAD.But next wave would become a saturated attack .
Can easily outnumber them.
Adding of IRNSS guiding would enhance its precision.
And 100km is damn good range when it is at LoC.

 

[HariPrasad]

In Chinese border this will give only slight advantage.
But in LoC and beyond of our western this would be a game changer.
Suppose if we imagine a war scenario .First we should destroy AAD in our western side before an air raiding.A SEAD ops is needed.Options are Cruise missiles like Brahmos or Nirbhay or a fifth gen fighter bomb.
First option is effective but also expensive .
Second option is more reliable .But we should also anticipate the advancement in their Radars.

But this Glide bomb is a third option .Most reliable,Cheap option.First wave of attack would be shootdown by their AAD.But next wave would become a saturated attack .
Can easily outnumber them.
Adding of IRNSS guiding would enhance its precision.
And 100km is damn good range when it is at LoC.

Explain why will it give a slight advantage against China? What is true with Pakistan is true with China also.

 

[SrNair]

Explain why will it give a slight advantage against China? What is true with Pakistan is true with China also.

China is much capable than us.And unlike Pakistan they have large landmass and they also have superior AAD capabilityboth in quantity or for a certain extent in quality.Perhaps two or more saturated bombing wouldnt be enough for them.
100km is too much for Pakistan.But in the case of China they can park their AAD much deeper from LaC and at the same time may can target our aircraft .

 

[Hellfire]

In Chinese border this will give only slight advantage.
But in LoC and beyond of our western this would be a game changer.

Explain the differences vis-vis Chinese and Pakistani borders.

Suppose if we imagine a war scenario .First we should destroy AAD in our western side before an air raiding.A SEAD ops is needed.Options are Cruise missiles like Brahmos or Nirbhay or a fifth gen fighter bomb.
First option is effective but also expensive .
Second option is more reliable .But we should also anticipate the advancement in their Radars.

But this Glide bomb is a third option .Most reliable,Cheap option.First wave of attack would be shootdown by their AAD.But next wave would become a saturated attack .
Can easily outnumber them.
Adding of IRNSS guiding would enhance its precision.
And 100km is damn good range when it is at LoC.

The war scenario you have presented above is unrealistic and a wishful thinking. The only role for this PGM, if at all, as of today, is for targeting in stand off mode of terror training camps across LC. That is the realistic employability as of today. If you consider it for SEAD, it is useless as will entail greater mobilization of aircrafts to deploy them in higher numbers in order to have the same effect as the first two options you have quoted. PGMs are meant to minimize the collateral damage and not to enhance accuracy in operations where you are aiming to suppress enemy air defences which includes both aircrafts and dispersed missiles. For that the Cluster Bombs held by IAF are of more use or even the normal 500 and 1000 kg dumb bombs.

 

[HariPrasad]

China is much capable than us.And unlike Pakistan they have large landmass and they also have superior AAD capabilityboth in quantity or for a certain extent in quality.Perhaps two or more saturated bombing wouldnt be enough for them.
100km is too much for Pakistan.But in the case of China they can park their AAD much deeper from LaC and at the same time may can target our aircraft .

OK

 

[sathya]

more importantly eastern borders are at high altitude, which inherently reduces

aircraft weapon load,
distance available to glide, ie range gets shortened.

 

[SrNair]

Explain the differences vis-vis Chinese and Pakistani borders.



The war scenario you have presented above is unrealistic and a wishful thinking. The only role for this PGM, if at all, as of today, is for targeting in stand off mode of terror training camps across LC. That is the realistic employability as of today. If you consider it for SEAD, it is useless as will entail greater mobilization of aircrafts to deploy them in higher numbers in order to have the same effect as the first two options you have quoted. PGMs are meant to minimize the collateral damage and not to enhance accuracy in operations where you are aiming to suppress enemy air defences which includes both aircrafts and dispersed missiles. For that the Cluster Bombs held by IAF are of more use or even the normal 500 and 1000 kg dumb bombs.

I already explained the difference between China and Pakistan.

Check the above posts.



I dont think that is a wishful thinking.
All options have same effects.But these new options would reduce cost and itcan be used fortargeted strike . Gliding 100km deeper from the LoC would make one hell of the game change.
FGFA is also good .Butlike you said it would be needed for countering enemy aircrafts and alsofor air superiority.

 

[Hellfire]

more importantly eastern borders are at high altitude, which inherently reduces

aircraft weapon load,
distance available to glide, ie range gets shortened.

Incorrect. The projectile motion in rarified atmosphere is of greater duration than at sea level (Bofors with about 30 km range in deserts was firing above 40 kms in Siachen). The average altitude where the aircraft will be releasing the weapon for a glide to be enabled for a 100 km travel will be greater than 30,000 ft when in sea level conditions. So the drag (since the bomb has no thrust of its own and is a free fall weapon) will be greater for operations in sea level. Not so in the high altitude region. Although toss bombing may have to be resorted to. Anyways just a thought. Lets see how it plays out.

 

[The Deterrent]

This + CBU-105 = ***-kicking combo for IAF

 

[The Great One]

This + CBU-105 = ***-kicking combo for IAF

How come Pakistan didn't buy CBU-105 in the F-16 upgrade?