Indian Missiles - News, Developments, Tests, and Discussions

[Screaming Skull]

Unconfirmed reports suggest India is also building an Agni variant with a range of 5,000 kilometers.

Incidentally, TimesNow is reporting some news about AGNI-5. Here it is:

India builds military arsenal, develops Agni V​

With China's increasing military might beginning to trouble New Delhi- the Government has given the clearance to arm India's military arsenal. After having successfully tested the Agni 2 and 3 missiles which are nuclear capable- DRDO officials are now working on a long range missile - to combat the Chinese threat.

Video:

http://www.timesnow.tv/India-builds-military-arsenal-develops-Agni-V/videoshow/4320049.cms

 

[heartwinlion]

Agni-III, with China in range, to be tested

Agni-III, with China in range, to be tested - India - The Times of India

NEW DELHI: After basing Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets in the North-East, India is now all set to conduct another test of the 3,500-km-range Agni-III
ballistic missile next month.

"Agni-III, a 16.7-metre tall missile with a lift-off weight of 50 tonnes, should be tested within a month, towards end-July. This will be another step towards inducting it into the armed forces,'' said top defence sources on Friday.

Once fully-ready by 2011-2012, Agni-III will provide India with the capability to strike deep into China, with cities like Shanghai and Beijing well within its potent reach.

India, incidentally, is also working on the 5,000-km-range Agni-V missile, which will have near-ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) capabilities, but it will be ready for its first test only by late-2010.

Asked about the Agni-V on Friday, defence minister A K Antony only said the government was taking "all steps'' to build "whatever capabilities'' were needed "as per changing threat perceptions'' to protect national security.

Both Agni-III and Agni-V are primarily designed to bolster India's "active credible deterrence posture'' against China, especially since it has a clear-cut "no-first use'' nuclear doctrine.

China's expanding nuclear and missile arsenal, of course, has even the US worried. The Chinese DF-31A ICBM, with a strike range of 11,270 km, for instance, can target any location in the continental US.

India's missile programme is rudimentary by these standards, and even lags behind Pakistan in certain aspects. In fact, only the Prithvi (150-350 km) and Agni-I (700-km) missiles, primarily meant for Pakistan, can be said to be fully operational in the armed forces till now.

The tri-Service Strategic Forces Command is still engaged in conducting "training user-trials'' of the 2,000-km Agni-II. The first such Agni-II trial last month "failed to meet the laid-down flight parameters'', say sources.

But defence scientists say they are not deterred by a flop or two. The first test of the rail-mobile Agni-III in July 2006 had flopped miserably, spurring them to ensure the second one in April 2007 and the third one in May 2008 were successful.

As for India's most ambitious missile till now, the Agni-V, the scientists are incorporating a third composite stage in the two-stage Agni-III, along with some advanced technologies like ring laser gyroscope and accelerator for navigation and guidance.

They want the solid-fuelled Agni-V, for which the government has sanctioned around Rs 2,500 crore, to be a canister-launch missile system to ensure it has the requisite operational flexibility to be fired from any part of the country.

 

[Spitfighter]

:: Bharat-Rakshak.com - Indian Military News Headlines ::

NEW DELHI - Two decades after the homegrown Nag anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) was conceived, it has been cleared for production.

The ATGM was indigenously designed and developed by the state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation [DRDO]. The 4-kilometer-range missile will be produced at state-owned Bharat Dynamics, which will make about 200 missiles in the first year and double that number in following years. The Indian defense forces require about 4,000 ATGMs.

The production of the Nag missile was ordered early this month after successful heat trials in the Rajasthan desert, said a senior Indian Army official. The winter trials of the missile were concluded last December.

All the user tests of the Nag missile have been completed and the Army has given its approval, said a senior DRDO scientist.

The latest trials of the Nag missile were conducted using an advanced imaging infrared seeker head, one of the Army's essential requirements, the Army official added.

The Nag will replace the existing Russian Konkours and European missile Milan, both of which are manufactured under license by Bharat.

The Army urgently needs the more advanced Nag to improve kill probability as the missile uses a high explosive warhead to penetrate the armor found in modern tanks, the official said.

The Nag missile will be made in land and helicopter versions, where it will be fitted on the indigenous Advanced Light Helicopter, although the current order is only for the land variant.

The Nag is a third-generation, all-weather, top-attack, fire-and-forget missile, one of five missile systems developed by the DRDO under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program. Design work started in 1988 and the first tests were carried out in November 1990.

The DRDO scientist said focus will now shift to the helicopter version, which will have an extended range of seven kilometers. The air version will be completed in two years, added the scientist. The land version also eventually will have a range of seven kilometers.


Good stuff, now we make our own ATGM's.

(Only took 21 years, god forbid we try and build a space shuttle. )

 

[jeypore]

 

[sancho]

Any new news about the air launched version? Will it be available for fighters too (like Brimstone for Harrier, Tornado, or EF)?

 

[Mig-29]

Air Force

For the Air Force, a nose-mounted thermal imaging system has been developed for guiding the missile's trajectory. A helicopter launched version will also be available with integration work being carried out with the HAL Dhruv. Dhruv will be able to carry 8 missiles with 2 launchers.[1]

Further versions of the missile may make use of an all-weather Milli Metric Wave (MMW) seeker as an additional option. This seeker has reportedly been developed and efforts are on to integrate it into the missile.

A new air launched version with longer range is under development. It is named Helina and will be structurally different from the Nag.[3]

The first trial of Helina will be conducted at the end of 2009.

That is the information which i have got from wiki , dont have any info about integration in aircraft.

Nag missile - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Mig-29]

Any new news about the air launched version? Will it be available for fighters too (like Brimstone for Harrier, Tornado, or EF)?

Mi-35 may get upgraded to fire these missiles. I don't have any information in regards to the fighter aircraft.

 

[EagleEyes]

Thread will be used to discuss nuclear missiles news, tests, and their discussions.

 

[DeathInvader]

The Highest Nuclear Explosion done by humans on earth was in Russia in the event named Tsar Bomba ! Theoretically the explosion was 100 megatons and experimentally was 50 megatons....... but till now india has exploded only a 0.15 kiloton.........i dont doubt the India delivery system... but the question is that will India be able to make such kind of nuclear weapons that can explode at even 10 megatons..... This Question comes after the Indo-Us Civil nuclear deal.....! Keep deal in mind and the Us pressure if India ever thinks of making the bomb!

 

[desimorty]

This is no longer the stone age. With computers its possible to make smaller explosions. The idea behind the small explosion was to see if it'll hit the dot by calculation. Remember, India had tested a nuke in 1974. Its easy to make a big explosion. Requires only more energy and better timing. In this smaller yield explosion the idea was to get the timing right at a certain yield. When such is done you can be confident that you can achieve 100 kilotons or 1 kiloton. During WWII, computers were in its infancy. Hiroshima was suppose to do 10 times the damage it did. Only 10 percent of the yield was released sparing many lives.
Building a nuclear bomb isn't the only thing on the Armies to do list. Build support and survivability for the weapons for second strike. If India and China go into cold war style missile and nuke building, they'd be broke. Instead they know to avoid their mistakes and build nuclear submarines for a minimum deterrent.

 

[sudhir007]

http://drdo.org/dpi/India_Strategic170709-2.pdf

 

[ironman]

Army successfully test fires BrahMos Block-II land attack version​

Jaisalmer | Wednesday, Jul 29 2009 IST

The Army today successfully conducted field test firing of land attack version of BrahMos Block-II supersonic cruise missile in Pokharan field firing range near here.

The missile was fired from a mobile launching pad around 0915 hrs this morning and it hit the bull's eye, a target placed about 25 kms away in Ajasar block, in a perfect manner, a defence spokesman said.

The last test firing of the missile, developed by DRDO under joint Indo-Russian project, was conducted in Pokharan on March 29 the spokesman added.

 

[ironman]

Army says yes to 'world-class' missile​

Pinaki Bhattacharya
New Delhi, August 1, 2009

The Army has finally said yes to the Akash area air defence missile system. It recently expressed interest in acquiring the 30-km range missile to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The Army's wishlist also includes a surface-to-air 50-km range missile and a low-level quick reaction missile for ranges less than 15 km.

But the requests for these two have not been finalised yet.

The Army was engaged in a battle with the Indian Air Force (IAF) over acquiring the 50-km range missile. The IAF had said they needed the missile as they, unlike the Army, had to defend air space.

But now, the Army has told the DRDO that "we are considering induction" (of the Akash missile system). C.K. Prahlada, chief controller at the DRDO, said: "We are grateful to the Army for this decision. In fact, Akash was developed keeping the Army in mind. I have assured them a world-class missile." The DRDO has said they'd deliver the missiles within two years from the date of the order.

"It will be to the Army's specifications and at a delivery rate of its choosing. We shall provide services for upgradation and product support," Prahlada said.

The DRDO is interested in bidding for the low-level quick reaction missile that the Army needs, but it cannot pitch Trishul missile as its range is only 9 km. "We will have to develop a missile for a range of 12 km," he added.

The DRDO is also happy that the two radars of the Akash missile system are generating a lot of business for the Indian indigenous industries.

 

[holysaturn]

Army says yes to 'world-class' missile​

Pinaki Bhattacharya
New Delhi, August 1, 2009

The Army has finally said yes to the Akash area air defence missile system. It recently expressed interest in acquiring the 30-km range missile to the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The Army's wishlist also includes a surface-to-air 50-km range missile and a low-level quick reaction missile for ranges less than 15 km.

But the requests for these two have not been finalised yet.

The Army was engaged in a battle with the Indian Air Force (IAF) over acquiring the 50-km range missile. The IAF had said they needed the missile as they, unlike the Army, had to defend air space.

But now, the Army has told the DRDO that "we are considering induction" (of the Akash missile system). C.K. Prahlada, chief controller at the DRDO, said: "We are grateful to the Army for this decision. In fact, Akash was developed keeping the Army in mind. I have assured them a world-class missile." The DRDO has said they'd deliver the missiles within two years from the date of the order.

"It will be to the Army's specifications and at a delivery rate of its choosing. We shall provide services for upgradation and product support," Prahlada said.

The DRDO is interested in bidding for the low-level quick reaction missile that the Army needs, but it cannot pitch Trishul missile as its range is only 9 km. "We will have to develop a missile for a range of 12 km," he added.

The DRDO is also happy that the two radars of the Akash missile system are generating a lot of business for the Indian indigenous industries.

wow things are turning +ve for the indian defence industry.this will give more room for future upgradation.guess iaf will get get baraks and the army akash.(space fot both to coexist).

 

[proud_indian]

i think barak 8 is for navy