Notification of Missile tests

[kurup]

Checked NOTAMs .... nothing special ..... just lot of UAV and target drone flying .

One NOTAM was interesting ,

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE LIKELY TO OPERATE WITHIN AREA
G 1 BOUNDED BY COORDS: 2209.668N 08411.095E, 2248N 08459E,
2242N 08515E, 2244N 08526E, 221730N 0853330E, 223002.5N 0860851.4E,
222202.7N 0875650.6E, 215202.8N 0874450.7E, 2045N 08640E, 204030N
0862545E, 205503.0N 0855951.6E, 2053N 08529E. UAV SORTIES SHALL
FILE FPL ON DAY TO DAY BASIS. PILOTS TO CONTACT NEAREST
ATC UNIT FOR ACTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING UAV BEFORE
TRANSITING THROUGH THE AREA.
LOWER LIMIT : FL080 , UPPER LIMIT : FL220 .

This flight path is over ITR test range and coincides with the NAVAREA warnings posted in OP .

We can speculate ..... may be Helina test from Rustom-1 ???

 

[The_Sidewinder]

hmmm. No one is sure about what type of missiles would be tested. Awaiting more details.

 

[kṣamā]

Checked NOTAMs .... nothing special ..... just lot of UAV and target drone flying .

One NOTAM was interesting ,

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE LIKELY TO OPERATE WITHIN AREA
G 1 BOUNDED BY COORDS: 2209.668N 08411.095E, 2248N 08459E,
2242N 08515E, 2244N 08526E, 221730N 0853330E, 223002.5N 0860851.4E,
222202.7N 0875650.6E, 215202.8N 0874450.7E, 2045N 08640E, 204030N
0862545E, 205503.0N 0855951.6E, 2053N 08529E. UAV SORTIES SHALL
FILE FPL ON DAY TO DAY BASIS. PILOTS TO CONTACT NEAREST
ATC UNIT FOR ACTUAL INFORMATION REGARDING UAV BEFORE
TRANSITING THROUGH THE AREA.
LOWER LIMIT : FL080 , UPPER LIMIT : FL220 .

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This flight path is over ITR test range and coincides with the NAVAREA warnings posted in OP .

We can speculate ..... may be Helina test from Rustom-1 ???

But the question is Why issue a 75Km no go zone when the fired projectile is just going to cover 10% of the area. Plus note the shape of NAVAREA warning, it looks something with a single point origin but a dispersed splash zone.

 

[kurup]

But the question is Why issue a 75Km no go zone when the fired projectile is just going to cover 10% of the area. Plus note the shape of NAVAREA warning, it looks something with a single point origin but a dispersed splash zone.

As I said , I am just making a speculation ...... By all probability , the first one in OP will be Pinaka .

 

[OrionHunter]

75kms......what have our South Indian friends come up with now?

A tactical nuclear missile! Or probably testing a biological warhead that could spread Ebola in Pakistan!!

Relax man, it's most probably testing of a missile's new propellant at short range.

 

[IND151]

May be this

Whats this?

 

[Manindra]

Whats this?

PINAKA MKII

 

[IND151]

PINAKA MKII

THanks for Info.

BTW what is the range? 60 KM or 65 KM?

 

[Manindra]

THanks for Info.

BTW what is the range? 60 KM or 65 KM?

65 Km

 

[Donatello]

A tactical nuclear missile! Or probably testing a biological warhead that could spread Ebola in Pakistan!!

Relax man, it's most probably testing of a missile's new propellant at short range.

Or was it a NOTAM by the IAF in anticipation of a crashing jaguar/su30?

 

[OrionHunter]

Or was it a NOTAM by the IAF in anticipation of a crashing jaguar/su30?

 

[Donatello]

You forgot a third possibility.....the one that most Indians here have a PhD in......

(Think on your sins)

 

[banvanaxl]

You forgot a third possibility.....the one that most Indians here have a PhD in......

(Think on your sins)

Aren't you like supposed to be like a TTA or something mate?

 

[sathya]

Aren't you like supposed to be like a TTA or something mate?

People can only do what they know !

 

[kurup]

@sathya

INDIA EAST COAST – BAY OF BENGAL (.) CHARTS 31 INT 71 (.) EXPERIMENTAL
FLIGHT TRIAL SCHEDULED FROM ITR ON 16 AND 17 FEB 16 FROM 0230-0630 UTC IN DANGER
ZONE BOUNDED BY 21-22.23N 086-55.72E, 21-08.83N 086-53.14E, 20-48.21N 087-14.71E, 19-35.63N
087-53.52E, 20-00.29N 088-28.64E, 20-56.11N, 087-25.93E, 21-21.31N 087-10.84E, 21-22.69N
086-56.38E (.)
2. NO OVER FLIGHT AND SHIPPING PERMITTED IN DANGER ZONE
3. CANCEL THIS MSG 170730 UTC FEB 16