DRDO tests submunition warheads for Pinaka I weapon system

[Juggernautjatt]

The Indian Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) Armament Research and Development Establishment (ARDE) laboratory has evaluated submunition warheads for the Pinaka I multi-barrel rocket launcher (MBRL) system at Pokhran field firing range in Rajasthan.

ARDE director Dr KM Rajan said that the tests form a part of the proof trials for the production lot of Pinaka I, which randomly picks up Pinakas to evaluate the performance standards of a specific lot at regular periods.

Rajan said: "Complete systems, subsystems and efficiency for these submunition warheads have been tested."

The successful trials are expected to allow for the use of these submunition warheads in mark-II version of Pinaka, which will have a 20km operational range.

Designed to replace the Indian Army's ageing Russian-built BM-21 Grad launchers, the Pinaka is capable of destroying opposition communication centres, air terminal complexes, and gun / rocket locations, as well as solid structures and bunkers.

The system features six launcher vehicles of 12 rockets each, as well as two command post vehicles, including a fire control computer, Digicora MET radar, and six loader / replenishment vehicles with a payload of 100kg.

An undisclosed DRDO official told The Times of India: "We have seen Pinaka's performance during the Kargil episode.

"Now this thermo-baric ammunition is able to operate from a mobile launcher at extreme temperature ranges of -10°C to 55°C with a quicker reaction time.

"It also has the capability to carry various kinds of warheads. It has now become more lethal."

The weapon's thermal and blast effects have been developed to further augment firepower of the Indian Army's Arjun main battle tank .

India’s DRDO tests submunition warheads for Pinaka I weapon system - Army Technology

 

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[Indian Patriot]

"We have seen Pinaka's performance during the Kargil episode.

Which was a complete failure.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

20km ?

You can import some from Pak.. We can offer you 122mm rockets with range upto 45 KM... Apart from locally produced A-100s..

 

[Bullet500]

20km ?

You can import some from Pak.. We can offer you 122mm rockets with range upto 45 KM... Apart from locally produced A-100s..

Genius the reported range is for submunition warhead. Range for mk1 is 40km and mk2 is 65 km. Keep your crap with yourself.

 

[Omega007]

20km ?

You can import some from Pak.. We can offer you 122mm rockets with range upto 45 KM... Apart from locally produced A-100s..

Nah,we've got our Prahaar to send those 100s of yours to oblivion.Wanna import some of them??

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

Nah,we've got our Prahaar to send those 100s of yours to oblivion.Wanna import some of them??

MBRL vs a short range battlefield missile..

Don't worry another version of NASR is on the way!

 

[Omega007]

MBRL vs a short range battlefield missile..

Don't worry another version of NASR is on the way!

The role of the Prahaar is very specific - to bridge the range gap between the BM 30 and Prithvi 1 - at least that's what officially has been stated.It's job is to bring down precise firepower over a range of targets in the battlefield,enemy long range artillery assets being one of them!!So laugh your arse out as much as you want to,wouldn't make an iota of difference.

 

[QARAMATIANS]

Which was a complete failure.

source ?

 

[21 Dec 2012]

20km ?

20 km is the 'increase' in Pinaka Mk-II, not range.
Submunition warheads successfully tested for Pinaka I - The Times of India
BTW India already has BM-30 Smerch, which they bought directly from Russia

You can import some from Pak.. We can offer you 122mm rockets with range upto 45 KM... Apart from locally produced A-100s..

They can buy directly from us, instead of taking such a long detour - Russia -> China -> Reverse Engineered 'Fully Indigenous' A-100 -> downgraded export model A-100E to Pak -> India.

 

[Indian Patriot]

source ?

Do a google search man, don't be so lazy. Maybe you were born after 1999.

Pinaka and INSAS were failures in kargil war. It was bofors and Mirage 2000 loaded with precision bombs which backed India.

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

20 km is the 'increase' in Pinaka Mk-II, not range.
Submunition warheads successfully tested for Pinaka I - The Times of India
BTW India already has BM-30 Smerch, which they bought directly from Russia

They can buy directly from us, instead of taking such a long detour - Russia -> China -> Reverse Engineered 'Fully Indigenous' A-100 -> downgraded export model A-100E to Pak -> India.

it's has more range than faulty Smerch's you got... Besides we are producing it under ToT..

The role of the Prahaar is very specific - to bridge the range gap between the BM 30 and Prithvi 1 - at least that's what officially has been stated.It's job is to bring down precise firepower over a range of targets in the battlefield,enemy long range artillery assets being one of them!!So laugh your arse out as much as you want to,wouldn't make an iota of difference.

yes india is the only country that possess short ranged battlefield missiles...

 

[21 Dec 2012]

it's has more range than faulty Smerch's you got... Besides we are producing it under ToT..

I guess they got a very good sales team to sell the 'faulty' Smerch's

• 
  Armenia - some BM-30 in service.
• 
  Algeria - 18 systems in 1999.
• 
  Azerbaijan - 30 systems.[5]
• 
  Belarus - 48 systems in 1990.[6]
• 
  India - 42 9A52-2T systems in service. Total cost $750 million.
• 
  Kazakhstan[7]
• 
  Lebanon-6 systems To be deliveried
• Kuwait - 27 systems in 1996.
• 
  Russia - 106.[12]
• Syria - Unknown number, used in the Syrian civil war.[13]
• Turkmenistan - 6 systems 9A52-2T in 2008/2009.[16]
• Ukraine - 95 systems in 2008.[17]
• United Arab Emirates - 6 systems.
• Venezuela - 12 systems.[18]

 

[DESERT FIGHTER]

I guess they got a very good sales team to sell the 'faulty' Smerch's

• 
  Armenia - some BM-30 in service.
• 
  Algeria - 18 systems in 1999.
• 
  Azerbaijan - 30 systems.[5]
• 
  Belarus - 48 systems in 1990.[6]
• 
  India - 42 9A52-2T systems in service. Total cost $750 million.
• 
  Kazakhstan[7]
• 
  Lebanon-6 systems To be deliveried
• Kuwait - 27 systems in 1996.
• 
  Russia - 106.[12]
• Syria - Unknown number, used in the Syrian civil war.[13]
• Turkmenistan - 6 systems 9A52-2T in 2008/2009.[16]
• Ukraine - 95 systems in 2008.[17]
• United Arab Emirates - 6 systems.
• Venezuela - 12 systems.[18]

Indian Army's Russian Smerch rocket launchers facing hitches


Mamu trolling kA haq sirf tera hai kya..

P,S india bought 28 of those for 500 million... Russia also refused tot..


Meanwhile we bought dozens of A-100s - and under TOT..

 

[QARAMATIANS]

Do a google search man, don't be so lazy. Maybe you were born after 1999.

Pinaka and INSAS were failures in kargil war. It was bofors and Mirage 2000 loaded with precision bombs which backed India.

Calm down trader,you don't have to tell me about Kargil war my blood relatives fought in Kargil and provide a source of your BS (pinaka not insas) and stop acting like a mature woman.

Indian Army's Russian Smerch rocket launchers facing hitches


Mamu trolling kA haq sirf tera hai kya..

P,S india bought 28 of those for 500 million... Russia also refused tot..


Meanwhile we bought dozens of A-100s - and under TOT..

Posting a 2011 article and having an orgasm about it,like you claimed 36 billion Indian defense budget ..... Update yousouf and stop humiliating in yourself in your own forum

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"On August 27, 2012 in New Delhi, India’s Ministry of Defence-owned Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for creating a Joint Venture (JV) with Russia’s Rosoboronexport State Corp and Splav SPA, also of Russia, to jointly-manufacture five versions of rockets meant for use by the 42 Smerch-M MBRLs now in service with the Indian Army. The OFB’s Ambajhari-based military-industrial facility will undertake final assembly of the rockets. The fuzing mechanisms and sub-munitions will be supplied off-the-shelf by Splav SPA, with the remaining components of the rockets being produced from locally-produced raw materials, based on ToT from Splav SPA. To me, such JVs will neither make India self-reliant in the production of rockets for Smerch-M, nor will it enable either the OFB or DRDO to acquire the know-how necessary for indigenously developing new-generation long-range MBRLs. The money instead should have been better spent on either conducting R & D for an indigenous 120km-range substitute of the Smerch-M, or on the ARDE’s on-going project for developing the 60km-range Pinaka Mk2 rocket (the Pinaka Mk1 has a 37.5km-range). For those interested, below are details of the five types of rockets to be built by the OFB for the Smerch-M MBRL"