Indian Missiles - News, Developments, Tests, and Discussions

[LCA Tejas]

Intense preparations are under way on the tiny Wheeler Island, off Damra village on the Orissa coast, for the launch of ballistic missile Agni-III before Sunday.

This will be the fourth launch of Agni-III and it aims at establishing its reliability. “We are doing this flight to demonstrate the robustness of the missile’s systems,” a top missile engineer of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said on Wednesday.

Agni-III, a product of the DRDO, can carry nuclear warheads weighing 1.5 tonnes. It can fly over 3,500 km and even target parts of China. The missile has two stages which are powered by solid propellants. It is 17-metre long, has a diameter of two metres and launch weight of 50 tonnes. The missile re-enters the atmosphere with a high velocity at a temperature of more than 2,500 degrees Celsius. The nuclear warhead is protected by a heat-shield made of carbon-carbon composites.

While the first Agni-III launch on July 9, 2006 failed, the second and third launches on April 12, 2007, and May 7, 2008, witnessed copy-book flights.

K-15 MISSILE

The coming weeks/months will be hectic for the DRDO with one more launch of K-15 missile this month from a submerged pontoon off the coast of Visakhapatnam. The pontoon will simulate the conditions of a submarine. K-15 had been launched earlier from submerged pontoons, but this is a different version. The first version, called Mark-1, is being fitted into the indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine named Arihant.

After the K-15 missile clears the water medium, it climbs 20 km into the air and can destroy targets 700 km away. The missile forms part of the DRDO’s Sagarika project.

Shourya, which is the land-version of the underwater-launched K-15 missile, will have its second flight around June from the Integrated Test Range at Balasore, Orissa.

The fourth flight of India’s interceptor missile, which can knock out adversarial ballistic missiles at an altitude of 130 km, is scheduled for September. The DRDO has already scored a hat-trick with three of its interceptor missiles confronting incoming “enemy” ballistic missiles in a “hit-to-kill” mode.


The Hindu : News / National : Fourth launch of Agni-III before Sunday

 

[LCA Tejas]

K-15,Sagarika and Agni 3 are missiles which DRDO has planned to test before they get Inducted....

 

[LCA Tejas]

anyone got pictures of K-15 missile launching from underwater?

 

[navtrek]

K 15

 

[LCA Tejas]

Wonderful buddy.... Thanks

 

[Chanakyaa]

Shourya is the game changer.
The missile when stored in silos can be completely safe from any attack and is a real secon strike weapon.

Infact i think this misile is the real key to indian second strike doctrine.

 

[LCA Tejas]

Shourya is the game changer.
The missile when stored in silos can be completely safe from any attack and is a real secon strike weapon.

Infact i think this misile is the real key to indian second strike doctrine.

It sure is, and If this launch of Agni 3 is successful then it will go into production, as DRDO wants it to be a 3rd successful launch of Agni 3 before it goes for Induction.... Its Gonna Be a cool IRBM for Sure

 

[Abhiras]

what about 'Surya missile' which will be soon devolved by indians......

Surya-1 range will be between 8000-12,000 Kms & warhea capacity of 3-10 nuclear warheads of 250 kilotons each

 

[LCA Tejas]

what about 'Surya missile' which will be soon devolved by indians......

Surya-1 range will be between 8000-12,000 Kms & warhea capacity of 3-10 nuclear warheads of 250 kilotons each

Thats nothing but Agni-V buddy.... Yes its already under work...... An ICBM will be great....

 

[Trichy]

we need to speedup all our local made defense product in rapid phase, and spend lot in R&D to make sure the quality is good, this test makes as proud and show our self determination of our R&D...GOOD LUCK DRDO & CO.

 

[LCA Tejas]

we need to speedup all our local made defense product in rapid phase, and spend lot in R&D to make sure the quality is good, this test makes as proud and show our self determination of our R&D...GOOD LUCK DRDO & CO.

Dont worry buddy... Our country is now safe, Govt is gonna approve facilities for R&D... and guess What DRDO is gonaa open Some huge Universities.... Students study and Get good placements in DRDO instead of Going to foreign for R&D, We will do It here, all the facilities will be made available here In India...

 

[Red Dwarf]

K-15 looks good. Why it produce a thick black smoke on launching and from the upper part of the missile (is that separation of the casing) ?.

 

[LCA Tejas]

K-15 looks good. Why it produce a thick black smoke on launching and from the upper part of the missile (is that separation of the casing) ?.

Same here, I too wonder why that Happens? Even in Brahmos u can see that...

 

[saurabh]

K-15 looks good. Why it produce a thick black smoke on launching and from the upper part of the missile (is that separation of the casing) ?.

It is solid rocket propelled, which explains the smoke. But from the upper part?

Also, did somebody noticed this..

http://img184.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=53949_K15_sagarika_122_660lo.JPG

Seems like its leaking oil!!

 

[Red Dwarf]

It is solid rocket propelled, which explains the smoke.

I found this from a Wiki reference.

The missile is launched by a hot gas generator developing 15-200 bar pressure using high burn rate HTBP based composite propellant. The thick dark gas cloud greatly reduces the thermal signature of the missile.

How a black cloud reduces the thermal signature ?.

But from the upper part?

It is indeed for the separation of the casing


Btw this the link to article
http://www.indiaresearch.org/Shourya_Missile.pdf