India joins Ballistic Missile Defence Club

[Contrarian]

There is no Agni IV. There will be an Agni III+, no Agni IV.

 

[p2prada]

Probably a submarine launched ICBM can be called Agni IV then. Too much to hope for I guess.

 

[nitesh]

Nope it is named as K 15. Right now with 700km range. But we will see The range incresing soon.

 

[nitesh]

K-15 missile to be tested from land

Hemant Kumar Rout
First Published : 30 Oct 2008 07:59:00 AM IST
Last Updated : 30 Oct 2008 01:30:26 PM IST

BALASORE: After successfully test-firing nuke-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 from underwater, defence scientists are now planning a test from land next month.

Sources at Chandipur defence base Wednesday said for the first time the missile will be test-fired from a land-based launcher in the Integrated Test Range ( ), next month.

During the test, the scientists will check speed, trajectory, azimuth and other parameters of the missile set for the mission, sources told this website's newspaper. Earlier, the missile had undergone two tests from the underwater platform Pontoon (replica of a submarine) immersed inside the sea.

SLBM was successfully test-fired on February 27 this year from INS Kalinga off Visakhapatnam coast. India thus joined a select group of five nations —— Russia, the US, France, the UK and China to have the technology. The slender K-15 has a length of around 11 metres, larger than the 8.5 metre long Prithvi short-range ballistic missile but smaller than 15-metre-long Agni-1 ballistic missile. It can carry a payload up to one tonne.

‘The missile has two stages fitted into its half-a-metre wide body. An underwater booster propels it clear of the submarine and takes the missile to a height of 5 km above the sea surface. On reaching this altitude, a second stage solid motor kicks in to propel the missile to a distance of over 700 km,’ a defence scientist said.

India is yet to finish the construction of its own nuclear-powered submarine - advanced technology vessel (ATV), from which the SLBMs will be launched. The ATV is expected to be ready for sea trials next year

 

[nitesh]

IISc has idea for better missiles-Bangalore-Cities-The Times of India

IISc has idea for better missiles
4 Nov 2008, 0432 hrs IST, Prashanth G N , TNN

BANGALORE: IISc’s new piece of research on reducing drag experienced by flying objects and helping them fly longer is finding its way into India’s missile establishment. Scientists at DRDO are excited and the organization is planning to “apply the findings’’ in a major way to its missile research and production programmes.

The research, which has been published in the science journal ‘Physics of Fluids’, has made an impact among India’s defence think tank with many of them discussing the implications of the research. Scientists told TOI that DRDO heads have been “excited’’ by the new research and “that it will be used in future vehicles.’’

The research suggests that the nose portion of a missile or launch vehicle be coated with a thin layer of material such as chromium, which will reduce drag or atmospheric resistance. This will enable it to fly faster and longer.

How does this happen? The metal coating evaporates due to the heating of the missile nose during its hypersonic flight. Then the evaporated metal particles in atomic form react exothermically with oxygen atoms surrounding the body to release additional heat. Lastly, the air in the front of the missile gets heated up and in turn, reduces drag by up to 47%.

DRDO scientists say this new method will ensure that without spending additional energy or having to fit anything extra on the nose of the missile or rocket, the overall aerodynamic drag of the vehicle can be controlled and efficiency of hypersonic flight of the vehicle enhanced.

The new technology also costs nothing. Officials say once the chromium mix coating is prepared, it can be applied even by “the man on the street.’’

In all, three factors have persuaded DRDO to take the research seriously — radical cut in costs to enhance range of missiles, no need to import material or know-how and enhancement of range of missiles without any need for additional devices.

DRDO scientists are also of the view that the method of applying the chromium coat can be extended to existing stockpile of missiles (Agni), which makes the method more relevant and attractive.

Adding devices would have meant changes in existing missile structure, which can now be avoided. “We are very much into the research findings,’’ an official said.

Coming from an Indian research institute and at no cost and to a critical sector like defence, which is in urgent need of indigenous intellectual property, it is a shot in the arm for both IISc and DRDO.

 

[nitesh]

Missile testing: Residents to be evacuated

Missile testing: Residents to be evacuated


Express News Service First Published : 09 Nov 2008 08:40:00 AM ISTLast Updated : 09 Nov 2008 02:24:48 PM IST

BALASORE: The Balasore district administration has decided to shift about 3,010 residents, residing in proximity to the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, temporarily for a day prior to the test of a nuclear-capable missile, reportedly scheduled on November 12.

At the meeting chaired by District Collector Alekh Chandra Padhiary yesterday, it has been decided that the people would be shifted from 8 am to 12 noon and for that they will be properly compensated. The missile will be test-fired between 9 am and 11 am.
Sources said, as part of precautionary measures people from the villages that fall in the 2-km radius area of the ITR will be evacuated and taken to safer places. The villages included Kusumuli Pahi, Khadupahi, Bhimpur Pahi, Jaydeb Kasaba Pahi and Sahazanagar Pahi. “As per the requirement of the defence authorities here we have chalked out the plan and accordingly the villagers have been intimated. The tentative date of the missile test has been fixed on November 12,” the Collector added.
As per the provisions, each person above the age of 12 will be compensated with Rs 165 and below that age Rs 95 each. Defence sources said, India is planning to test fire nuke-capable 700-km range K-15 missile on that day from the launching complex-3 (LC-3) of the shore-based ITR.
”Although designed for launch from a submarine, the missile will be this time test-fired from a land-based launcher. During the test the scientists will check speed, trajectory, azimuth and other parameters of the missile set for the mission,” the source added. The slender K-15 which has a length of around 11.5 metre, can carry a payload of up to one tonne.

 

[nitesh]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/..._step_up_defence_ties/articleshow/3690525.cms

New heights: India, Israel step up defence ties
9 Nov 2008, 0436 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit, TNN

NEW DELHI: It seems there are simply no full-stops in the Indo-Israeli strategic partnership despite geopolitical sensitivities as well as allegations of kickbacks in defence deals. All set to further ramp up the already expansive defence ties, a top Indian delegation will leave for Israel on Sunday to discuss joint R&D projects, missile defence, procurements, intelligence-sharing and counter-terrorism strategies, said sources.

Led by defence secretary Vijay Singh, the Indian delegation will hold talks with the Israeli side under the joint working group on defence cooperation from November 10 to 12. The Indian side will be represented by IAF deputy chief Air Marshal N A K Browne, Army deputy chief (planning and systems) M S Dadwal, Navy assistant chief (policy and plans) Rear Admiral Girish Luthra and DRDO chief controller Prahlada, among others.

During the talks, India will also seek Israel's assurance that there will be no further delay in the delivery schedule of the much-awaited three Israeli Phalcon AWACS (airborne warning and control systems) to IAF. As per the revised timeframe, the first AWACS, initially slated to be delivered in November 2007 under the $1.1 billion deal signed in March 2004, is to be delivered in February 2009, with the second and third ones coming in September 2009 and April 2010.

The robust defence engagement between the two countries, which saw India buy military hardware and software from Israel worth around $8 billion since the 1999 Kargil conflict, has continued despite Delhi's foreign policy sensitivity to the Muslim Middle-East. The only difference has been that while the previous NDA regime had brought the relationship out of the closet, the UPA government has pushed it back in, eager to keep it away from prying eyes.

There is, of course, also the shadow of the CBI probe into the kickbacks in the Rs 1,160-crore Barak-I deal hanging over the relationship, with Israeli Aerospace Industries (IAI) and Rafael being named in the case. The defence ministry, on its part, has decided that since the Barak-I case is under CBI investigation, the final clearance for a new project or deal involving the two Israeli firms will be taken from the Cabinet Committee on Security and the "competent financial authority" before it is actually inked. The ongoing joint DRDO-IAI project to develop a supersonic 70-km-range Barak-2 missile defence system at a cost of Rs 2,606 crore for Navy, for instance, has not been rolled back.

The UPA government has also cleared the mammoth Rs 10,000 crore project with Israel to develop a new-generation surface-to-air missile system, capable of detecting and destroying hostile aircraft and spy drones at a range of 120-km, to boost IAF's air defence capabilities. Under this, IAF plans to induct nine air defence squadrons initially.


I think the IAF version will be of 120km range. Here the Akash has to play to role with 50-70km range
Then, of course, India is on course to buy 18 low-level quick-reaction missile systems SpyDer systems for around Rs 1,800 crore, and four more EL/M-2083 Aerostat radars for around Rs 145 crore in the near future.

 

[nitesh]

BALASORE (ORISSA): India on Wednesday test-fired from a defence base in Orissa its submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 from a

land-based launcher, defence sources said.

It was test fired successfully from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur in the district of Balasore, about 230 km from state capital Bhubaneswar.

The missile has two stages fitted into its half-metre-wide body. It can carry a payload up to one tonne and has a highest range of 700 km.

The missile had earlier undergone few tests in an underwater platform. The Wednesday test was intended to check speed, trajectory, azimuth and other parameters of the missile.

The K-15 missile has a length of around 11 metres, larger than the 8.5-metre-long Prithvi short-range ballistic missile but smaller than the 15-metre-long Agni-1 ballistic missile.

The district administration evacuated temporarily about 3,010 people from about five villages located within the two-km radius of the defence base hours before the test in the area, district collector A C Padhiary said.
India successfully test-fires submarine-launched ballistic missile-India-The Times of India

 

[s90]

NEW DELHI: India test-fired a medium-range, nuclear-capable missile on Wednesday from a land-based launcher in eastern India, a defence ministry official said.
The weapon tested was a K-15 missile, an undersea submarine-launched ballistic missile with a range of up to 435 miles (700 kilometres), said the official.
It was fired from a test range in Chandipur in eastern Orissa state, nearly 700 miles southeast of New Delhi.
India and Pakistan usually notify each other ahead of missile launches in keeping with an agreement between the two nations.
India test-fired the K-15 missile from a pontoon immersed in the sea earlier this year.
The Agni 3, in contrast, is India’s longest-range missile, designed to reach 1,900 miles – putting China’s major cities well into range, as well as targets deep in the Middle East.

DAWN.COM | World | India test-fires nuclear-capable missile

 

[Imran Khan]

now shuld be indian navel chef say india import missles thats why reguler test them.

blody non sence chef

 

[Bushroda]

BALASORE (ORISSA): The K-15 missile has a length of around 11 metres, larger than the 8.5-metre-long Prithvi short-range ballistic missile but smaller than the 15-metre-long Agni-1 ballistic missile.

Although it might not matter but isn't the length of the missile a li'l too long? Does anybody have a comparative figures of the other missiles of this class? What is an average Silo length in the submarines?

 

[nitesh]

What is the need of this when we have agni 1 with 700-900km range?

Balasore (Orissa), November 12: India successfully test fired 'Shaurya', a medium-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, to be used by its Army. With a 600-km range, the missile is capable of hitting targets deep inside Pakistan and China.

The indigenous missile was launched from an underground facility with an in-built canister at 11.25 am from Complex-3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, DRDO sources said in Balasore (Orissa).

The sleek missile, with a flight duration of 485 seconds, roared into the sky leaving behind a thick yellow and white smoke on a clear sunny day, they added.

The sophisticated tactical missile is capable of carrying conventional warheads with a payload of about one tonne. "With longer shelf-life, as it is stored in a canister just like the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile, the Shaurya is easily transportable and user-friendly. This is a technology development project," []/b] DRDO sources said in New Delhi.

Though there was speculation that the missile was a land version of the under development K-15 submarine launched ballistic missile, DRDO sources said the surface-to-surface missile had nothing to do with K-15 'Sagarika' project.

"The missile was test fired from a 30-40 feet deep pit with in-built canister specially designed for the purpose. There was no water in the pit," the sources said.

"The test was conducted to check some of the vital parameters of Shaurya missile," the DRDO sources said. The solid propellant, two-staged missile is little over 10 metres in length and about half-a-metre in width, they said.

During the test, the missile took off vertically and its entire trajectory was tracked through an integrated system of sophisticated radars, electro-optical tracking instruments, a chain of telemetry stations positioned in different points and two naval ships placed close to the impact point deep in the Bay of Bengal.

As a precautionary measure, the district administration of Balasore temporarily evacuated 364 families residing within two km radius of the launch site and took them to safety at a nearby shelter before the missile test.

The launch of Shaurya has come nearly nine months after India had successfully tested the 'Sagarika' missile under the K-15 project this February off the coast of Visakhapatnam from a pontoon simulating the conditions of a submarine.

India successfully test fires 'Shaurya' missile - Express India

 

[nitesh]

 

[Imran Khan]

now were is your fool navy chef ? he has to say india will import missles thats why test them.

same as he say at pakistani test time blody stupid shamfull mind set

 

[nitesh]

now were is your fool navy chef ? he has to say india will import missles thats why test them.

same as he say at pakistani test time blody stupid shamfull mind set

What was that? I don't understand what are u saying