India successfully tests Nirbhay cruise missile
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Well Indias 17 KT nuclear yield warhead RV(mk4) is weighted 180 kg so I don't thing there is any problem regarding that.
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INS + GPS-GLONASS-IRNSS + TERCOM + DSMAC .
Not precluding but in the sense that , IMHO , there is no requirement for one considering the availability of multiple BMs and STMs for the same job in the same range category .
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it is just a nuclear capable missile ....GLCM may or may not be weaponised with nuclear warhead
Nirbhay along with Brahmos is going to be main menu for the missile 'platter' for all the three divisions of armed forces in coming decades ...
Precisely for that reason that Nirbhay is a lone long range cruise missile that we have ...it makes sense to have nuclear capable cruise missile ....
It is better to have multi faceted multi level capability
Or else we wouldn't need any cruise missile right ...if we put forth the same argument regarding availability of multiple BMs ...
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Nirbhay is 1000 times better than you Mars mission,if it gets success................. 
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Nirbhay is 1000 times better than you Mars mission,if it gets success.................
No, mars mission is the quantum leap.
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Am talkin about qualification mate.
Bro he doesn't know what quantom leap is.
On topic Good luck for the launch! We need a cheaper long range delivery system and that's what it is ment to be.
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Nirbhay is 1000 times better than you Mars mission,if it gets success.................
Even countries lyk north korea can make missiles lyk that.
Mars mission is only 3/4 in the world.
That is totally different domain.. u will not understand.
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No it is even more important than A V because we are entering into a totally new class of missile.
Nirbhay is a much longer range missile than it is advertised.
V K Saraswat has told that guidance system of Nirbhay is so robust that it can strike very precisely even without the signals from satellites e.g GPS , Glonas, INRSS etc.
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Almost any missile can be fitted with a nuclear warhead, as long as the warhead package itself is small enough for the missile warhead envelop. This literally is NO rocket science, just a few minor tweaks and you have a 'nuclear capable' missile.
Having said that, the question is, will Nirbhay EVER be used with a nuclear warhead? Almost certainly not. ALL subsonic cruise missiles are way....way.....way easier to intercept. Therefore, I'd recommend not to hold your breath if it's never ever armed with a non-coventional warhead.
Having said that, the question is, will Nirbhay EVER be used with a nuclear warhead? Almost certainly not. ALL subsonic cruise missiles are way....way.....way easier to intercept. Therefore, I'd recommend not to hold your breath if it's never ever armed with a non-coventional warhead.
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Nirbhay to be test-fired on Friday - The Hindu
Nirbhay, a subsonic cruise missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, will be test-fired for the second time from the Integrated Test Range at Balasore in Odisha on Friday. Its debut flight on March 12, 2013, was a failure.
Nirbhay has a special path, as it takes off vertically like a missile, rises to 800 metres, turns horizontally, then spreads out its wings and cruises like an aircraft. The two-stage, surface-to-surface missile has an 800-km-plus range. But it can cover even 1,000 km, say DRDO missile technologists.
After a booster engine fires and catapults the missile from a mobile launcher (a big lorry), the missile will climb and an on-board mechanism will tilt it from the vertical to the horizontal path. The booster engine is then jettisoned and the missile’s wings are deployed. Afterwards, the turbojet engine in the second stage, akin to an aircraft’s, comes to life and it becomes a cruising missile.
Nirbhay, capable of flying at 0.7 mach, is a “tree-top” missile — as the missile traverses at the height of a palmyra tree, radars will find it difficult to detect the weapon. It is a “loitering” missile — it can circle over an area for many minutes and pick out the target. Its flight duration can last an hour. It can carry multiple payloads and engage several targets. Its seeker helps detect the target with lock-on-after launch capability. The missile can be fired from a variety of platforms such as a lorry, a ship, an aircraft and underwater systems.
“Corrections have been made in this flight, and we are pursuing this project vigorously,” DRDO engineers said speaking about the failure of the first test-flight.
But DRDO engineers said the flight proved several technologies such as the missile’s vertical take-off, the first stage separation, switch-on of the turbo-jet engine, wing deployment, stabilisation of flight and way-pointing.
Nirbhay, a subsonic cruise missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, will be test-fired for the second time from the Integrated Test Range at Balasore in Odisha on Friday. Its debut flight on March 12, 2013, was a failure.
Nirbhay has a special path, as it takes off vertically like a missile, rises to 800 metres, turns horizontally, then spreads out its wings and cruises like an aircraft. The two-stage, surface-to-surface missile has an 800-km-plus range. But it can cover even 1,000 km, say DRDO missile technologists.
After a booster engine fires and catapults the missile from a mobile launcher (a big lorry), the missile will climb and an on-board mechanism will tilt it from the vertical to the horizontal path. The booster engine is then jettisoned and the missile’s wings are deployed. Afterwards, the turbojet engine in the second stage, akin to an aircraft’s, comes to life and it becomes a cruising missile.
Nirbhay, capable of flying at 0.7 mach, is a “tree-top” missile — as the missile traverses at the height of a palmyra tree, radars will find it difficult to detect the weapon. It is a “loitering” missile — it can circle over an area for many minutes and pick out the target. Its flight duration can last an hour. It can carry multiple payloads and engage several targets. Its seeker helps detect the target with lock-on-after launch capability. The missile can be fired from a variety of platforms such as a lorry, a ship, an aircraft and underwater systems.
“Corrections have been made in this flight, and we are pursuing this project vigorously,” DRDO engineers said speaking about the failure of the first test-flight.
But DRDO engineers said the flight proved several technologies such as the missile’s vertical take-off, the first stage separation, switch-on of the turbo-jet engine, wing deployment, stabilisation of flight and way-pointing.
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