Indian Missiles - News, Developments, Tests, and Discussions

[deckingraj]

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Also what does that mean about the missiles that have already been developed??? Does anyone know how the overall process work?? Once DRDO find out that there were certain components that were of poor quality does the same checks are performed on existing arsenal to ensure there are no surprises at the time of emergency???

Apart from that any news on when this test is going to be carried out???

 

[Chanakyaa]

DRDO mission: to promote technology for low-intensity conflicts

He said the DRDO would aim for self reliance but only if it was cost-effective. “We would have to invest Rs 300- Rs 400 crore in critical technologies to enhance our self reliance. Sometimes it is not worth it as it is not cost effective. The first priority of the DRDO is to focus on technologies that have been denied to us,” Saraswat said.

‘Agni II test will be conducted again’

Saraswat said that the Agni II ballistic missile test that failed recently would be conducted again. It was a result of poor manufacture of components. “Certain components were of poor quality and we have already alerted the manufacturers about it. The test will be conducted soon,” he said.

DRDO mission: to promote technology for low-intensity conflicts

How can they give such a lame excuse after 20 years of Missile development and considering that this missile is the front line defence of a 100 Crore Indians ?

"poor quality" ? are u making Toys ?
I am not a DRDO Critic but if 25+ years cannot give us the ability to make "quality parts" of a successful and Inducted Missile ...

Then God help DRDO.. coz this excuse cant be accepted when a first strike occours..

 

[Tejas-MkII]

How can they give such a lame excuse after 20 years of Missile development and considering that this missile is the front line defence of a 100 Crore Indians ?

"poor quality" ? are u making Toys ?
I am not a DRDO Critic but if 25+ years cannot give us the ability to make "quality parts" of a successful and Inducted Missile ...

Then God help DRDO.. coz this excuse cant be accepted when a first strike occours..

I think that's why user trials are done to get rid of these unexpected issues..

And it is good that we came to know about this issue now only and DRDO/IA will fix it ...

beacause as you say ,there certainly no excuse when first strike happens..

 

[Screaming Skull]

How can they give such a lame excuse after 20 years of Missile development and considering that this missile is the front line defence of a 100 Crore Indians ?

"poor quality" ? are u making Toys ?
I am not a DRDO Critic but if 25+ years cannot give us the ability to make "quality parts" of a successful and Inducted Missile ...

Then God help DRDO.. coz this excuse cant be accepted when a first strike occours..

Hi Xinix,

Dr. Saraswat is talking about a manufacturing defect and not about faulty design. The component that failed wasn’t manufactured by DRDO – notice this statement of his – “we have already alerted the manufacturers about it”. The manufacturers in all likelihood are Bharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL) – a public sector manufacturer of missile components or one of the many private and public sector firms which supply components for the Agni-II missile.

Also note that such problems with quality control are not unique to Indian manufacturers alone – even the Russian ICBM Bulava failed due the same reason a couple of days back –

The botched launch was the twelfth test of the Bulava and its eighth failure, which deals another blow to Kremlin's hopes that the sea-based weapon would become a cornerstone of its nuclear arsenal.
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Officials have insisted the Bulava's design is fine and have blamed the previous failures on manufacturing flaws resulting from post-Soviet industrial degradation. They have said it's difficult to control the quality of all the parts supplied by hundreds of subcontractors involved in the program.

New Russian missile may be behind Norwegian lights - Yahoo! News

On the bright side – now that the problem has been pin pointed it will lead to better QC at the manufacturer’s facilities and hopefully more stringent inspections by DRDO. What is heartening to note is that the design of the missile as such is absolutely fine.

 

[Naradmuni]

I doubt that it would have MIRV personally. But if it did it then India has achieved some feat. Pakistan already has this tech under its belt.

WTF ? Any Source for the claims.

Basic common sense tells that you need to be a space power first, before you go on with an MIRVed missile. As of now pakistan doesnt have even a basic SLV.

 

[SU-57E]

why are ypu replying to 2007 thread...........???

 

[Naradmuni]

why are ypu replying to 2007 thread...........???

Just in case our grandchildren happen to read the stuff

Nice eye, BTW

 

[SU-57E]

when my grand childens willl be old enough to read ... i guess the way pakistan is developing .... they wont be reading about pakistan...because as every one knows your deed decides your fate....

 

[SU-57E]

India on Sunday (December 13) successfully test fired its nuclear-capable ballistic missile 'Dhanush', with a range of 350 km, from a naval ship off the Orissa coast. The single-stage ship-based missile was flight-tested at around 11.30 am and the trial was successful, defence sources said.

'Dhanush' has a payload capacity of 500 kg and is capable of carrying both conventional and nuclear warheads. It can hit both sea and shore-based targets. The missile, which has liquid propellant, is the naval version of India's indigenously developed surface-to-surface 'Prithvi' missile system, the sources said.

"Dhanush, being developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was put to trial jointly by a team of scientists and officers from the Navy," they said.

"Today's test launch has been tracked from its take-off to impact point through an integrated network of sophisticated radars and electro-optic instruments for post-mission data analyses," the sources said.

'Dhanush' missile successfully test fired- TIMESNOW.tv - Latest Breaking News, Big News Stories, News Videos

 

[NSG_BlackCats]

Pictures of Dhanush Missile test:

 

[SU-57E]

however 350 km. range is slightly on the lower side.... it should be atleast 500km.

 

[Red Dwarf]

Why it is called a naval version. Is there any difference between the naval version and an army version.

 

[Comet]

Nice Achievement. When is it going to be delivered to Army/Navy?

 

[manglasiva]

Nice Achievement. When is it going to be delivered to Army/Navy?

soon dear..but PAK forces will also have similar ones..wonder when the arms race going to end !!

 

[navtrek]

Balasore (Orissa), Dec 13 (IANS) India Sunday successfully tested a nuclear-capable ballistic missile Dhanush from a warship in the Bay of Bengal, an official said.

Dhanush, the naval version of the Prithvi missile, was launched from INS Subhadra that was anchored about 35 nautical miles offshore from the test range of Chandipur in Balasore district, 230 km from Bhubaneswar.

The missile, which has a range of 350 km and carries a nuclear warhead of about 500 kg, was fired at 11.31 a.m. All the operations for the launch were carried out by Naval personnel.

"It has met all the mission objectives. All the events occurred as expected and were monitored by the range sensors. It was a text book launch and a fantastic mission accomplished," the official said.

V.K. Saraswat, scientific advisor to the defence minister, and director general and secretary, Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), was on-board the ship during the mission.

Prithvi is part of India's ambitious integrated guided missile development programme launched over 20 years ago.

Dhanush (meaning bow), which was tested several times in the past, is designed and built by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

It was first test-fired on April 11, 2000 from the Chandipur range.

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