All frontline Indian Warships will be fitted with Barak-8 Missile Defence System

[jung41]

The next-generation Barak surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, jointly developed by Israeli Aerospace Industries, Rafael and DRDO, was successfully tested for the first time from an Israeli warship against a jet-powered drone on Thursday.
The supersonic Barak-8 missile system, whose interception range has been increased from the earlier 70-km to around 100-km, will be now tested from Indian destroyer INS Kolkata "within a month", said sources.
Once the long-range SAM system is fully operational in around two years, all Indian frontline warships will be equipped with this all-weather "defence shield" against incoming enemy fighters, drones, helicopters, missiles and other munitions.
"It will be the standard LR-SAM or area defence weapon for our warships, much like the 290-km BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles (developed jointly with Russia) have become the standard precision strike weapon on them. PSU Bharat Dynamics is already gearing up for producing the LR-SAM systems in bulk," said an official.
The Rs 2,606 crore LR-SAM development project was sanctioned for Indian warships in December 2005 but was hit by several delays. The reasons ranged from mid-way upward revision of performance requirements and development of some new technologies to the technological challenge of "combustion instability of rocket motors" that took a long time to resolve.
The delays led to the commissioning of the new 7,000-tonne destroyers INS Kolkata and INS Kochi over the last one year without effective missile defence shields. Even the country's largest and most powerful warship, the 45,400-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya acquired from Russia for $2.33 billion, faced the same fate. The Navy then cannibalized an Israeli Barak-I anti-missile system for the carrier from the retiring frigate INS Godavari.
Fourteen Indian warships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, are currently equipped with the Barak-I system, "a point defence weapon" with an interception range of just 9-km, acquired from Israel after the 1999 Kargil conflict. The new LR-SAM system with Barak-8 interceptor missiles, which have "active seekers" for terminal guidance, is a much more advanced version with extended interception range.
"INS Kolkata is already equipped with the missile launchers, weapon control systems with data links and MF-STAR (multi-function surveillance and threat alert radar) of the LR-SAM," said the official.
All frontline operational as well as under-construction warships, like the 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, five destroyers and seven stealth frigates, will progressively be fitted with the Barak-8 systems.
Similarly, the ground-based version of Barak-8, which was sanctioned in February 2009 for Rs 10,076 crore, will be utilized by the IAF to plug the existing gaps in air defence coverage of the country

 

[[Bregs]]

This system is going to be one of the most successful India- Israeli joint venture in defense cooperation

 

[Chanakyaa]

Its the best SAM , in the world. Can Kill Brahmos.

 

[Ind4Ever]

With Long range SAM, massive Sonar, Massive radar, world's
mostpowerful supersonic missile with 290km range and last but not least very old and weak technology of PLAN..... INDIAN Navy going to score top notch during real warfare!!! One day I compared Chinese best (Russian) made frigate against Indian Indigenously built frigates. Hands down victory over Chinese ship.

The next-generation Barak surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, jointly developed by Israeli Aerospace Industries, Rafael and DRDO, was successfully tested for the first time from an Israeli warship against a jet-powered drone on Thursday.
The supersonic Barak-8 missile system, whose interception range has been increased from the earlier 70-km to around 100-km, will be now tested from Indian destroyer INS Kolkata "within a month", said sources.
Once the long-range SAM system is fully operational in around two years, all Indian frontline warships will be equipped with this all-weather "defence shield" against incoming enemy fighters, drones, helicopters, missiles and other munitions.
"It will be the standard LR-SAM or area defence weapon for our warships, much like the 290-km BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles (developed jointly with Russia) have become the standard precision strike weapon on them. PSU Bharat Dynamics is already gearing up for producing the LR-SAM systems in bulk," said an official.
The Rs 2,606 crore LR-SAM development project was sanctioned for Indian warships in December 2005 but was hit by several delays. The reasons ranged from mid-way upward revision of performance requirements and development of some new technologies to the technological challenge of "combustion instability of rocket motors" that took a long time to resolve.
The delays led to the commissioning of the new 7,000-tonne destroyers INS Kolkata and INS Kochi over the last one year without effective missile defence shields. Even the country's largest and most powerful warship, the 45,400-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya acquired from Russia for $2.33 billion, faced the same fate. The Navy then cannibalized an Israeli Barak-I anti-missile system for the carrier from the retiring frigate INS Godavari.
Fourteen Indian warships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, are currently equipped with the Barak-I system, "a point defence weapon" with an interception range of just 9-km, acquired from Israel after the 1999 Kargil conflict. The new LR-SAM system with Barak-8 interceptor missiles, which have "active seekers" for terminal guidance, is a much more advanced version with extended interception range.
"INS Kolkata is already equipped with the missile launchers, weapon control systems with data links and MF-STAR (multi-function surveillance and threat alert radar) of the LR-SAM," said the official.
All frontline operational as well as under-construction warships, like the 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, five destroyers and seven stealth frigates, will progressively be fitted with the Barak-8 systems.
Similarly, the ground-based version of Barak-8, which was sanctioned in February 2009 for Rs 10,076 crore, will be utilized by the IAF to plug the existing gaps in air defence coverage of the country

 

[south block]

Its the best SAM , in the world. Can Kill Brahmos.

No its not ,I think its equal to aster 30 in capabilities @DavidSling @500 could you compare it to other system in its class

 

[Chanakyaa]

No its not ,I think its equal to aster 30 in capabilities @DavidSling @500 could you compare it to other system in its class

If i remember correctely, Aster ( along with Aegis and Naval S300 Varients in Russia and China ) is a BMD.
On Contrary, Barak is NOT a BMD. Period.

There is one specific missile which has been designed from scratch to shoot down BrahMos. It’s the Indo-Israeli Barak-8 SAM. This missile was primarily developed by Israel to equip its warships to protect them from the Yakhont missiles which its neighbor was procuring. Israeli ships carried only short range SAMs and didn’t have modern radars capable of handling a dedicated attack by its enemies using Yakhont missiles. The answer to this problem was the extremely agile and accurate Barak-8 which packed the best available technology into a medium sized missile. With a max range of 90+ km, it operates in conjunction with the MF-STAR radar which can detect sea skimming missiles at 30-35 km range. It combined a medium range and short range missile into one missile, having a minimum engagement range of just 300 m and max of 90+ km. There are claims that a single Barak-8 can stop a BrahMos as close as 500 m from a ship. One of the reasons behind the claims is that the Barak-8 is very accurate and has an active homing radar seeker, which enables the ship to technically forget about the missile after its launch and the missile finds the target on its own although the ship does provide guidance and mid-course updates. Since the Barak-8 can have a continuous lock on the incoming missile with its own radar and the MF-STAR can guide 24 Barak-8 missiles to 12 targets simultaneously, the saturation limit for a Kolkata class destroyer against the BrahMos stands at 12 missiles. This however is a contradiction in itself as the Kolkata class carries the BrahMos as well as the Barak-8. This means that the Indian Navy deploys the poison and the antidote on the same platform.

 

[cerberus]

No its not ,I think its equal to aster 30 in capabilities @DavidSling @500 could you compare it to other system in its class

David sling is milestone Technology Barak-8 is still Far away to reach such sophistication

 

[DavidSling]

David sling is milestone Technology Barak-8 is still Far away to reach such sophistication

David sling is meant for greater ranges than Barak 8, and Barak 8 can intercept in much shorter ranges than David sling is capable of.
David sling range is from 70KM to 250Km according to wikipedia.
Barak 8 range is from very short range to 70-150 KM (in extended ranges).
Barak 8 is compare-able to Naval Iron dome rather than David sling in my opinion Rafael extends Iron Dome C-RAM to the naval domain | Defense Update:

 

[Kinetic]

No its not ,I think its equal to aster 30 in capabilities @DavidSling @500 could you compare it to other system in its class

No, it can kill Brahmos.

 

[Gen Padmanabhan]

The next-generation Barak surface-to-air missile (SAM) system, jointly developed by Israeli Aerospace Industries, Rafael and DRDO, was successfully tested for the first time from an Israeli warship against a jet-powered drone on Thursday.
The supersonic Barak-8 missile system, whose interception range has been increased from the earlier 70-km to around 100-km, will be now tested from Indian destroyer INS Kolkata "within a month", said sources.
Once the long-range SAM system is fully operational in around two years, all Indian frontline warships will be equipped with this all-weather "defence shield" against incoming enemy fighters, drones, helicopters, missiles and other munitions.
"It will be the standard LR-SAM or area defence weapon for our warships, much like the 290-km BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles (developed jointly with Russia) have become the standard precision strike weapon on them. PSU Bharat Dynamics is already gearing up for producing the LR-SAM systems in bulk," said an official.
The Rs 2,606 crore LR-SAM development project was sanctioned for Indian warships in December 2005 but was hit by several delays. The reasons ranged from mid-way upward revision of performance requirements and development of some new technologies to the technological challenge of "combustion instability of rocket motors" that took a long time to resolve.
The delays led to the commissioning of the new 7,000-tonne destroyers INS Kolkata and INS Kochi over the last one year without effective missile defence shields. Even the country's largest and most powerful warship, the 45,400-tonne aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya acquired from Russia for $2.33 billion, faced the same fate. The Navy then cannibalized an Israeli Barak-I anti-missile system for the carrier from the retiring frigate INS Godavari.
Fourteen Indian warships, including aircraft carrier INS Viraat, are currently equipped with the Barak-I system, "a point defence weapon" with an interception range of just 9-km, acquired from Israel after the 1999 Kargil conflict. The new LR-SAM system with Barak-8 interceptor missiles, which have "active seekers" for terminal guidance, is a much more advanced version with extended interception range.
"INS Kolkata is already equipped with the missile launchers, weapon control systems with data links and MF-STAR (multi-function surveillance and threat alert radar) of the LR-SAM," said the official.
All frontline operational as well as under-construction warships, like the 40,000-tonne indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant, five destroyers and seven stealth frigates, will progressively be fitted with the Barak-8 systems.
Similarly, the ground-based version of Barak-8, which was sanctioned in February 2009 for Rs 10,076 crore, will be utilized by the IAF to plug the existing gaps in air defence coverage of the country

All frontline ships? Thats overstatement.

No its not ,I think its equal to aster 30 in capabilities @DavidSling @500 could you compare it to other system in its class

It is, because BrahMos test data was shared with IAI, but no test is conducted until now against supersonic AShM.

 

[south block]

No, it can kill Brahmos.

Aster 15 & 30 can do the same so what

 

[Gen Padmanabhan]

Aster 15 & 30 can do the same so what

Dual seekers.

 

[Mirza Jatt]

Good development. Hope to see them deployed fast

 

[south block]

All frontline ships? Thats overstatement.


It is, because BrahMos test data was shared with IAI, but no test is conducted until now against supersonic AShM.

Aster 15 & 30 were design to deal with such threat

 

[Gen Padmanabhan]

Aster 15 & 30 were design to deal with such threat

Nope, it is not. It was designed to deal with naval BMD, and high altitude aircrafts.

Aster & Barak are 180 degree apart from there roles.