Fire-and-forget missile Prospina set for trials in Pokhran range

[ashok321]

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com...als-in-pokhran-range/articleshow/60452435.cms


JODHPUR: Inching closer to the induction, the Gen-3 Fire and Forget Anti-Tank Guided Missile Prospina earlier known as Nag is back in the desert ranges of Rajasthan for trials.

Successful trials of the ATGM in June this year, bestowed Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) with the much-awaited success at the Chandan Field Firing Range in Jaisalmer, the missile now as per the official sources is back again for not only the revalidation of the previous trials but also for the final leg of trials here.

What is more commendable is that the missile is being tested for its full four-kilometre range. The officials said that if all goes well, the 'User Acceptance Trials' by Army will also be around the corner. At one point in time, it was being touted that the Army might have to induct the missile in its first phase at a reduced range of 3-3.2 km during day time since its earlier Imaging Infrared Seekers were not able to differentiate between the target and surroundings in hot desert temperatures with both reaching the same temperature.

Nag/Prospina has been incorporated with many advanced technologies including the high-resolution Imaging Infrared (IIR) Seeker with integrated avionics. The much awaited and the much delayed Prospina Missile had successful night trials at a range of four km earlier last year at Mahajan Field Firing Range in Bikaner.

Highly sensitive detectors or seekers have now been placed on missile tip for sensing heat or infrared signals in three different thermal scenarios including that of a thermal differential within the target, between the target and the background and surrounding temperature variation. Prospina shall be mounted and transported on a Mechanised Infantry Combat Vehicle.. The successful trials in June this year, which reportedly far surpassed all expectations by achieving the target of 4km for both day and night were carried out by a team of scientists of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex at Hyderabad and ARDE and HEMRL at Pune.

Success evaded DRDO for a long time in case of Project Nag, now renamed and launched as 'Prospina', taking this missile out of the cluster of missiles under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme of (IGMDP) of India. Nag, a baby of Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) of DRDO, was earlier a part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme of the DRDO launched in 1980s.

 

[ashok321]

Limited range of 4Km, same as wire guided.
Has to do better = 8Km

 

[kaykay]

Limited range of 4Km, same as wire guided.
Has to do better = 8Km

How many ATGMs have 8 km range on land based platforms? All I know is Isreali Spike( latest version of it)....

 

[#hydra#]

How many ATGMs have 8 km range on land based platforms? All I know is Isreali Spike( latest version of it)....

Javelin, despite of being light weight and manportable its having effective range of 4.7 km. Now see nag ,its just 4km with 40kg launch weight.
Only advantage of nag over javelin is its war head, currently no armor can defeat mag's explosion (provided it should hit).

 

[kaykay]

Javelin, despite of being light weight and manportable its having effective range of 4.7 km. Now see nag ,its just 4km with 40kg launch weight.
Only advantage of nag over javelin is its war head, currently no armor can defeat mag's explosion (provided it should hit).

Well definitely Javelin and Spikes are superior....but then that shouldn't be the excuse to write Nag off....Its man portable version will come too.

Many of Nag's counterparts do with 2-3 km range at best.

 

[#hydra#]

Well definitely Javelin and Spikes are superior....but then that shouldn't be the excuse to write Nag off....Its man portable version will come too.

Many of Nag's counterparts do with 2-3 km range at best.

I am not undermine thus indigenous effort,i am pretty sure that DRDO will improve its perfomance,but facts are fact. A 40kg vehicle mounted missile deserve better range than 4.

 

[ashok321]

How many ATGMs have 8 km range on land based platforms? All I know is Isreali Spike( latest version of it)....

Match it!

 

[Dark Lord Forever]

good devlopment.

looks too short range missile. but still not selected in military. so long way to go.

acording to wikipedia this missile will have namica launchers so it is difrent from spike and jevelin. not shoulder fired but on launcher.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nag_(missile)

also is this same missile that will be on atack helicopters?

 

[ashok321]

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Developers claim the missile is far superior than Javelin of US and Israeli Spike missile

Developers claim the missile is far superior than Javelin of US and Israeli Spike missile. It assimilates advanced technologies including the imaging infrared radar (IIR) seeker with integrated avionics, a capability which is possessed by few nations in the world

New Delhi – If everything goes according to plan, the India's locally developed anti-tank guided missile 'Nag' will soon get inducted into the Indian armed forces. The third generation missile developed by the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has successfully flight tested twice against two different targets in the ranges of Rajasthan.

"Missile hit both the targets under different ranges and conditions with very high accuracy as desired by the Armed Forces," DRDO claims.

Nag, which has 'fire & forget' and 'top attack' capabilities, will be of immense support to the mechanized infantry and airborne forces of the Indian Army.

"With these two successful flight trials, and the flight test conducted earlier in June in the peak of summer, the complete functionality of Nag ATGM along with launcher system NAMICA has been established and marked the successful completion of development trials of Nag Missile," DRDO added.

"It is likely to take time ranging from 2 to 3 years as after this user trial, user exploitation trials and so on are to be conducted. Then the actual manufacturing process will start, eventually leading to the induction of the first viable lot," Rahul Bhonsle, a retired Indian Army brigadier and defence analyst explains.