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DRDO tests new smart anti-airfield weapon (SAAW)

NEW DELHI: The Defence and Research Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully tested an indigenous Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW) from an Indian Air Force aircraft, an official release said on Saturday.

Designed and developed in the country, the 120-kg class smart weapon is used to destroy runways, bunkers, aircraft hangers and other reinforced structures.

Its long standoff range of 100 km will allow the IAF to hit adversary airfields with high precision from a safe distance.

"The captive and release trials were tracked by radar and telemetry ground stations at the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur in Odisha during the entire duration of the flight. The performance of all systems was satisfactory with all mission objectives achieved," said the release.

The lightweight high-precision guided bomb is one of the world class weapons systems, the release said.

The government sanctioned the Rs 56.58 crore SAAW project in September 2013.

DRDO Chairman Dr S. Christopher congratulated the DRDO and the IAF teams for the successful mission.

In May, the DRDO conducted the first test on the weapon system from the IAF Jaguar DARIN-II aircraft in Bengaluru in Karnataka.

The test was carried out by IAF's Aircraft and Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE).

The trial mode mounting of the SAAW on Jaguar DARIN-II aircraft is manufactured by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...-within-100-km-range/articleshow/56156903.cms
 
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Too bad we still don't have any actual pictures of the test/weapon.
 
What you eat man? Your brain is full of shit. That test was Nirbhay and this is SAAW. You seems like rahul gandhi of this forum.

This weapon is the warhead. Nirbhay is the delivery vehicle, the cruise missile in this case. You are more of the Rahul Gandhi with every comment.
 
This weapon is the warhead. Nirbhay is the delivery vehicle, the cruise missile in this case. You are more of the Rahul Gandhi with every comment.

If its an warhead , Brahmos will do the job. it covers entire Pakistan anyways
 
This weapon is best delivered using 1000 km stand off cruise missile. Didn't India just tested one recently.

How do you figure that it is best delivered using a cruise missile? From the looks of it it is meant to be delivered using a bomber. It was even tested using a bomber.

"The lightweight high-precision guided bomb is one of the world class weapons systems, the release said."

:rofl:

Somehow only india covers Pak.. While our missiles will be used to deliver pizzas and pop corns till Andaman Islands.. :)

Oh we have other weapons to cover China. However, India-China border even though being disputed has not seen the kind of action which India Pakistan border sees every day.
 
:rofl:

Somehow only india covers Pak.. While our missiles will be used to deliver pizzas and pop corns till Andaman Islands.. :)


All of your missile tests successful while many Chinese tests fails. hmmm..... lol enough said about you. Your military rulers making fun of you.
 

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