Indian Missiles - News, Developments, Tests, and Discussions

[Aimar]

This is a huge order. It shows that the Indian defense establishment has full confidence on the Akash system.

Well, if this missile is so good, I think its high time DRDO earned us some us some foreign exchange by offering it to the countries.

sure buddy..it will...if NAG is doing it..so will Akash.

 

[INDIAISM]

This is a huge order. It shows that the Indian defense establishment has full confidence on the Akash system.

Well, if this missile is so good, I think its high time DRDO earned us some us some foreign exchange by offering it to the countries.

don't worry markus....akash has already started attracting buyer.............as far as i have heard malaysia has already shown interest in acquiring AKASH sam

 

[faithfulguy]

Good job. So a promise of two years and it should be ready by 2016 and inducted by 2020..

 

[prototype]

Good job. So a promise of two years and it should be ready by 2016 and inducted by 2020..

u r making this place stinky,so get out

 

[Markus]

don't worry markus....akash has already started attracting buyer.............as far as i have heard malaysia has already shown interest in acquiring AKASH sam

That's good news

 

[praveen007]

Gooooood news now wait and see that will they keep their promise to be on time this time.

 

[Marxist]

Balasore, Jun 18: The Indian army successfully test fired ballistic missile Prithvi-II from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur on Friday, Jun 18 morning.

Buzz up!
"The trial of Prithvi-II, conducted by the Army, has gone through nicely," ITR sirector SP Dash said.


The nuclear-capable missile, which was mounted on a mobile launcher, blasted off at 6:50 am from the launch complex-3 in the ITR, located about 15 km from Balasore off the Orissa coast.

Defence sources informed that Prithvi-II has a maximum striking range of 350 km and capable of carrying a pay-load of 500 kg. It has already been inducted into Indian armed forces.

The sources added that the test firing of the surface-to-surface missile was a users trial by the Army's specialised group 'strategic force command' (SFC).

Prithvi-II, with a length of nine metre and one metre diameter, is propelled by liquid propulsion twin engine and uses an advanced inertial guidance system with manoeuvring trajectory.

Prithvi is the first ballistic missile developed under the country's prestigious Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP).

Prithvi II Test Successful | Ballistic Missile | Nuclear Capable | Indian Army | Orissa - Oneindia News

 

[trident2010]

Prithvi-II successfully test-fired off Orissa coast




The nuclear-capable, medium-range ballistic missile, Prithvi-II was successfully test-fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur, off the Orissa Coast on Friday.

The missile which was fired from a mobile launcher at 6.50 a.m. zeroed in on to the pre-designated target with a high degree accuracy as it splashed down into the sea. Although, the indigenously-built system is capable of hitting targets at a range of 350 km, it was tested for a lesser distance, an official from Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) told The Hindu from the launch site.

After a flight of about six minutes, the missile impacted within a few metres of the target, the official said. All the radars, electro-optical and telemetry instruments tracked the trajectory of the vehicle and monitored all parameters till it splashed down. Two naval ships located down range also witnessed and tracked the terminal event. The launch was carried out by personnel of the Strategic Forces Command as part of regular training exercise, the official added.

The surface-to-surface Prithvi-II had already been inducted into the Air Force. The nine-metre tall missile is a single stage, liquid-propelled system. It weighs 4.6 tonnes and is capable of carrying a 1,000 kg warhead upto a distance of 350 km.

Senior officials from Strategic Forces Command and DRDO, including Avinash Chander, Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory, S.K. Chaudhuri, Associate Director, Research Centre Imarat, P.L.N.Rao, Programme Director ( Air Defence) and Project Director, Prithvi and AD, D.S. Reddy witnessed the event.


The Hindu : News / National : Prithvi-II successfully test-fired off Orissa coast

 

[Chaluboy]

The sooner we have canistered solid fuel missiles the better,
Prithvi is old technology .

I hate to imagine our forces may have to fuel this rocket while under fire.

 

[gowthamraj]

I think there is always some portion of missiles ready to fire AT any time and they periodically maintained

 

[gogbot]

The sooner we have canistered solid fuel missiles the better,
Prithvi is old technology .

I hate to imagine our forces may have to fuel this rocket while under fire.

We still Agni missiles which are Solid fueled but not canistered.

Shuraya is both solid fuel and canistered.

The Prithvi II is only used by the air-force

 

[Tejas-MkII]

Its guidance system enables it to carry multiple payloads for multiple ranges. It can also carry different conventional warheads, including sub-munitions, cluster munitions and pre-fragmented explosives.

The Hindu : Front Page : Prithvi-II test-fired successfully

 

[gogbot]

The Hindu : Front Page : Prithvi-II test-fired successfully

It can carry different types of warheads ,

And depending on their size , it has a different maximum range

 

[Luftwaffe]

Indian Army seeks short-range SAM

The Indian Army is planning to import a short-range surface-to-air-missile (SAM) system to replace its obsolete Soviet-vintage OSA-AK (SA-8 'Gecko') and Kub (SA-6 'Gainful') units to counter threats to cities and important installations from enemy aircraft and missiles.

In an international request for information (RfI) dispatched on 29 April, the army announced its requirement for a short-range SAM system with active and passive guidance and a 20 km strike range capability to hit multiple and hovering targets simultaneously moving at speeds between zero to 500 m per second.

Source: Janes Defence

 

[flanker143]

The Indian Army is planning to import a short-range surface-to-air-missile (SAM) system to replace its obsolete Soviet-vintage OSA-AK (SA-8 'Gecko') and Kub (SA-6 'Gainful') units to counter threats to cities and important installations from enemy aircraft and missiles.

In an international request for information (RfI) dispatched on 29 April, the army announced its requirement for a short-range SAM system with active and passive guidance and a 20 km strike range capability to hit multiple and hovering targets simultaneously moving at speeds between zero to 500 m per second.

Source: Janes Defence

why cant akash and spyder sam do the job ???