Indian Air Force, DRDO successfully test-fire guided 'Glide Bomb'

[ashok321]

http://zeenews.india.com/india/indi...ully-test-fire-guided-glide-bomb-2054078.html

NEW DELHI: Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the Indian Air Force (IAF) on Friday successfully tested an indigenously-built lightweight 'glide bomb' at the Integrated Test Range in Odisha's Chandipur.

Designated as the Smart Anti-Airfield Weapon (SAAW), the bomb released from the IAF aircraft was guided through precision navigation system.

According to an official statement, the 'glide bomb' reached the targets at greater than 70 km range, with high accuracies.

As many as three test-fires were conducted with different release conditions and ranges.

The bomb has been developed by the DRDO's Research Centre Imarat (RCI) in collaboration with DRDO's other laboratories and IAF.

Following the success, Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated the IAF team and the DRDO scientists.

Secretary Department of Defence R&D and Chairman DRDO, Dr. S Christopher confirmed that SAAW will be inducted soon into the Armed Forces.

Director General Missiles and Strategic System DG (MSS) Dr. G Satheesh Reddy termed the SAAW as a major milestone in the indigenous capabilities to develop guided bombs.

The SAAW is a long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon, designed to be capable of engaging ground targets with high precision out to a range of 100 km.

 

[cerberus]

To educate the ignorants. Did it hurt you?

Read About IAF Inventory before coming here

 

[Shockwave]

Pakistan already has H-2, H-4 and Takbeer

Congratulations

 

[Blue Marlin]

that's one spicy glide bomb you got there

 

[Gadkari]

that's one spicy glide bomb you got there

If it was Spice 250, then the DRDO would not have been involved in testing it.

 

[war&peace]

" if you've got nothing good to say , be quiet "

Where is the reference?

Congratulations

Congratulations

You guys are a bit late to the party since Pakistan developed these products quite some time ago. But keep this word saved since you'll need to used it quite often in coming days.

 

[Shockwave]

You guys are a bit late to the party since Pakistan developed these products quite some time ago. But keep this word saved since you'll need to used it quite often in coming days.

Congratulations once again

 

[Skull and Bones]

You guys are a bit late to the party since Pakistan developed these products quite some time ago. But keep this word saved since you'll need to used it quite often in coming days.

Do you talk this much in real life too?

 

[ashok321]

 

[ashok321]

SAAW glide bomb more precise than missiles, says DRDO chief after test

http://www.business-standard.com/ar...ays-drdo-chief-after-test-117110500424_1.html

The Smart Anti Airfield Weapon (SAAW) guided bomb that India successfully test-fired on Friday has higher precision and is much cheaper compared to missiles, DRDO Chief S Christopher said on Sunday.

The SAAW glide bomb, which is guided by an onboard navigation system, was successfully tested at Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, Odisha on Friday.

The DRDO Chief said unlike the normal bombs, which may not hit the precise target due to the environmental condition, this bomb with a navigation system has higher precision and is cheaper than missiles which have similar precision.

"So far the bombs we have don't have precision, so they go by wind condition, weather condition... When you are fighting the enemy, you can't keep trying hundred times, once you have fired he will know where you are," Christopher said.

"As the weather and wind conditions change, it is always possible for the bomb to go elsewhere. In this bomb, the guidance system will correct its course and go and land at the same place.

"This is a sort of guided bomb and it will be much much cheaper than a missile or rocket, the reason being that it is not having a propulsion, it is making use of the aircraft's propulsion. It can go and land in a place we want," he added.

The SAAW is a long-range precision-guided anti-airfield weapon, designed to be capable of engaging ground targets with high precision out to a range of 100 km.

The lightweight high-precision guided bomb is one of the world-class weapons systems designed and developed in the country. The 120-kg class smart weapon is intended against runways, bunkers, aircraft hangers and other reinforced structures.

 

[MULUBJA]

You release s small weapon from air some 100 KM away and it cripples your enemy airstrip completely is a big big advantage. Your enemy airforce becomes useless.

 

[navtrek]

You release s small weapon from air some 100 KM away and it cripples your enemy airstrip completely is a big big advantage. Your enemy airforce becomes useless.

Would have been nice if the range was 1000 KM and more then we are talking.

 

[ashok321]

Would have been nice if the range was 1000 KM and more then we are talking.

How can any bomb sans any propulsion go for 1000 KM?
Are you out to defy physics laws?
Inertia!

 

[navtrek]

How can any bomb sans any propulsion go for 1000 KM?
Are you out to defy physics laws?
Inertia!

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I agree.