India to buy air defence missiles to secure vital installations

[bhagat]

NEW DELHI: To plug gaps and build up a robust air defence system, India will soon buy a large number of missiles to defend the country's vital tactical and strategic locations and high-security zones from enemy threats and possible aerial attacks, an officer said Wednesday.

Ahead of issuing a tender for the purchase of medium-range surface-to-air (MRSAM) missiles, the defence ministry has this week issued a request for information (RFI) from global and domestic missile manufacturers asking them if they could supply the weapon system within a short time-frame to the Indian Air Force (IAF).

"The defence ministry intends to procure the MRSAM system for the Indian Air Force and the system will be required for air defence of vital areas and points. The MRSAM is required in an early time-frame," a senior IAF officer said here Wednesday.

The MRSAM will be capable of all-weather, all-terrain and day-and-night operation with a 3.5 km altitude ceiling. The system will be capable of engaging multiple targets against all types of targets in a network-centric operations environment.

The MRSAM is required by the IAF to augment its existing inventory of Soviet-vintage OSA-AK and Pechora air defence missile systems.

A surface-to-air missile is a weapon designed to be launched from the ground to destroy incoming aircraft or missiles and is usually deployed in an air defence role as an anti-aircraft system. MRSAMs ideally have a range of 70 km to 90 km to engage its intended target.

The MRSAM is activated with the use of radars and sensors that detect the incoming aircraft or missile and fire the missile as a counter measure.

The IAF's current requirement is for a multifunctional active phased array radar for early warning of a three-dimensional target and linking this information to a central fire control unit to activate the air defence mechanism.

This procurement will be over and above the 18 MRSAM units that India is buying from Israel in a $1 billion deal signed in 2009.
India to buy air defence missiles to secure vital installations - The Economic Times

 

[SR 71 Blackbird]

NEW DELHI: To plug gaps and build up a robust air defence system, India will soon buy a large number of missiles to defend the country's vital tactical and strategic locations and high-security zones from enemy threats and possible aerial attacks, an officer said Wednesday.

Ahead of issuing a tender for the purchase of medium-range surface-to-air (MRSAM) missiles, the defence ministry has this week issued a request for information (RFI) from global and domestic missile manufacturers asking them if they could supply the weapon system within a short time-frame to the Indian Air Force (IAF).

"The defence ministry intends to procure the MRSAM system for the Indian Air Force and the system will be required for air defence of vital areas and points. The MRSAM is required in an early time-frame," a senior IAF officer said here Wednesday.

The MRSAM will be capable of all-weather, all-terrain and day-and-night operation with a 3.5 km altitude ceiling. The system will be capable of engaging multiple targets against all types of targets in a network-centric operations environment.

The MRSAM is required by the IAF to augment its existing inventory of Soviet-vintage OSA-AK and Pechora air defence missile systems.

A surface-to-air missile is a weapon designed to be launched from the ground to destroy incoming aircraft or missiles and is usually deployed in an air defence role as an anti-aircraft system. MRSAMs ideally have a range of 70 km to 90 km to engage its intended target.

The MRSAM is activated with the use of radars and sensors that detect the incoming aircraft or missile and fire the missile as a counter measure.

The IAF's current requirement is for a multifunctional active phased array radar for early warning of a three-dimensional target and linking this information to a central fire control unit to activate the air defence mechanism.

This procurement will be over and above the 18 MRSAM units that India is buying from Israel in a $1 billion deal signed in 2009.
India to buy air defence missiles to secure vital installations - The Economic Times

Why do we need MR-SAM's when we are developing Barak-2 with Israeli help?

 

[BlueDot_in_Space]

Lootna hai!!! aur kya.

 

[angeldemon_007]

Why do we need MR-SAM's when we are developing Barak-2 with Israeli help?

Dude you realize we are talking about IAF and not IN....and barak is a SAM designed specifically for the point defence on the warships....

But yeah i can't believe we are placing this order....Indian forces have placed order for more than 5 billion$ of Akash SAM....Not to mention, as per the news reports, the production for Akash will be very swift unlike others and also their will be 2 companies BEL and BDL providing it....

 

[acetophenol]

Dude you realize we are talking about IAF and not IN....and barak is a SAM designed specifically for the point defence on the warships....

But yeah i can't believe we are placing this order....Indian forces have placed order for more than 5 billion$ of Akash SAM....Not to mention, as per the news reports, the production for Akash will be very swift unlike others and also their will be 2 companies BEL and BDL providing it....

i think they went for the new stuff due to its new range. Also buying these will
Surely increase our experiance.

 

[rockstarIN]

Dude you realize we are talking about IAF and not IN....and barak is a SAM designed specifically for the point defence on the warships....

But yeah i can't believe we are placing this order....Indian forces have placed order for more than 5 billion$ of Akash SAM....Not to mention, as per the news reports, the production for Akash will be very swift unlike others and also their will be 2 companies BEL and BDL providing it....

Aaksah's maximum range is 25 km only

 

[IndianArmy]

When you do not believe your air force you go for air defence missiles.

Interesting Piece of Wit have you showcased ,but Who according to you is controlling the Air Defense missiles for this purpose??? You could read the article before writing a comment, You would feel better once you start practicing to comment only after reading the article ...

 

[lilaspr]

Ideal choice would be S-400 (range- 40 km, Flight ceiling- 30 km) for India plus it designed to counter stealth aircraft as well. India should also make some kind of JV with Russia for S-500 keeping Chinese ICBM in mind.

 

[axisofevil]

Ideal choice would be S-400 (range- 40 km, Flight ceiling- 30 km) for India plus it designed to counter stealth aircraft as well. India should also make some kind of JV with Russia for S-500 keeping Chinese ICBM in mind.

Listen to the lady she knows whats she's talking about...

 

[lilaspr]

Listen to the lady she knows whats she's talking about...

Whats wrong in my statement?

 

[ramu]

Whats wrong in my statement?

The range of S-400 is 400 KM and not 40 IMO.

 

[axisofevil]

Whats wrong in my statement?

I agree with what you said.....I don't see how my statement gave you the worn impression. According to the the poster the range is incorrect but I still agree with the statement you made

 

[angeldemon_007]

Aaksah's maximum range is 25 km only

As far as i know its 30 km....and this is what MRSAM called....the SAM system with ranges like 25-30 km comes under category of MRSAm and thats what this RFI is for that only.....

i think they went for the new stuff due to its new range. Also buying these will
Surely increase our experiance.

IAF already operates Russian MRSAM, so they have experience....i just have doubt if we go for something else this time except Russian, then we will have different kinds of SAM to operate....i just hope operational difficulty doesnot arise....

 

[JPUSINVNSCK]

Ideal choice would be S-400 (range- 40 km, Flight ceiling- 30 km) for India plus it designed to counter stealth aircraft as well. India should also make some kind of JV with Russia for S-500 keeping Chinese ICBM in mind.

wait!!!40km???what a crap system,are you sure that is the real range for an efficient air defense system ???BTW,who can give some statement about the s-400,does it really have some anti stealth function?Have it been tested?I dont trust russian ability IMHO.

 

[ramu]

wait!!!40km???what a crap system,are you sure that is the real range for an efficient air defense system ???BTW,who can give some statement about the s-400,does it really have some anti stealth function?Have it been tested?I dont trust russian ability IMHO.

Russian Long-Range Air Defense Efforts Bloom

By Maxim Pyadushkin
Moscow

Russia is ramping up fielding of its newest long-range air defense system and has put the follow-on missile defense capability on a firm development path.

The future of Russia’s air defense is based on the S-500 missile system, which, according to the head of the Space Defense Strategic Command, Lt. Gen. Valery Ivanov, is being developed to have exo-atmospheric intercept capability. It is now on contract with Moscow-based air defense design house Almaz-Antey. “The testing of this system should start in 2015,” says Vladimir Popovkin, first deputy defense minister.

The new interceptors will initially be tested on the S-400, Popovkin notes; the S-400 improvements were similarly first tested on the S-300.

The government plans to buy the initial 10 S-500 systems before 2020.

The S-500 will likely operate alongside the S-400 now reaching troops. Last month, Russia’s Space Defense Strategic Command received the second regiment of the long-range S-400 Triumf (designated by NATO the SA-21 Growler) surface-to-air missile system. The handover ceremony occurred at the Kapustin Yar missile test range in southern Russia, where the S-400 was undergoing acceptance trials. According to the Russian military, the regiment includes two battalions that each have eight missile launchers, which in turn carry four missiles each.

Once trials have been completed, the new regiment is due to be moved to Dmitrov north of Moscow for its permanent installation, says Ivanov. The first regiment equipped with the S-400 is already deployed in Elektrostal, east of Russia’s capital; it received two battalions in 2007-08. “We need not less than three to four S-400 regiments for effective air defense of Moscow. This [will be completed] in 2016-20,” Ivanov told Russian news agency RIA Novosti.

The military has ambitious fielding plans for the system. The previous defense procurement program called for acquisition of 23 Triumf battalions through 2015. But late last month Popovkin announced that the military now plans to buy 56 battalions of S-400s under the new defense procurement program through 2020. The purchase is part of a wider modernization program estimated at 19 trillion rubles ($674 billion) and expected to be approved by the Russian president by mid-year, though the military can place initial orders now.

The S-400 is intended to replace both the S-300V (SA-12 Gladiator) in the army and S-300PMU (SA-10 Grumble) in the air defense forces.

The Russian military claims the S-400 can engage aircraft, ballistic and cruise missiles as well as hypersonic aerial vehicles at ranges up to 400 km (250 mi.) and an altitude of 40-50 km. But the Almaz design bureau says the system can hit airborne targets at a range of more than 200 km, while ballistic missile targets can be engaged at a maximum range of 60 km. The S-400 is designed to engage targets flying at 4,800 meters per sec. (15,750 fps.)at altitudes of 10 meters to 30 km.

The system’s multirole capabilities are provided by use of a new radar and various solid-propellant missiles. It can simultaneously engage 12 targets, twice as many as the S-300. Triumf can use the 48N6E missile inherited from the S-300, as well as the new 9M96 missile. Both feature active radar seekers. The performance of the smaller 9M96 was initially demonstrated as the latest modification of the S-300PMU-2 Favorite, on which it was installed in separate launching tubes. But the S-400 will reportedly use unified tubes that will be able to house either one 48N6E or four 9M96 missiles.

The 400-km engagement range mentioned by the military is believed to refer to a new long-range missile designed specially for the S-400. But for now there is no official confirmation of the status of that interceptor.

Russia’s ground forces also plan to enhance their air defense capabilities with modernized S-300V long-range missiles. The defense ministry recently reported that this year the service will start receiving improved S-300V4 air defense systems. Details of that version are still closely guarded.

Russian Long-Range Air Defense Efforts Bloom | AVIATION WEEK