Prahaar missile test fired successfully

[rajusri]

The new system will be initially made operational in the Army. It will replace the unguided Pinaka multi-barrel rocket launcher (40 km range) and Smerch (90 km) rocket systems.

I do not think Prahaar will replace Pinaka and Smerch but will add more accuracy and firepower to them.

If 150 km range is covered in 195 seconds , does it mean AAD's hypersonic capability stays here?

 

[Observer7]

Great News....Congrats to all my fellow Indians and DRDO.....Even Defense Minister Mr. A K Antony is also to be wished. After he took charge of DMinistry lot of good thinks are happening and that too in a speedy way...And the best part is he is really working unlike others. Hats off to DRDO....its reaping time for there hard work. Lets make India Stronger and a world class Country. A Super Power.

 

[Tanna Tanni]

Let the Pant-Browning ceremony begin at GHQ!!

 

[DeathGod]

Congratulations to everyone on the successful launch.

Now to allow for a serious discussion let me ask a few questions:

1. How does the size and weight compare to other"unguided" rockets of the same ilk?

2. What is the wahead weight associated with the missile?

3. Will the launcher be developed in India?

4. Some of the warheads used by SMERCH are cluster bombs. Does this missile have the capability to launch simillar warheads?

Thanks!

 

[praveen007]

I do not think Prahaar will replace Pinaka and Smerch but will add more accuracy and firepower to them.

If 150 km range is covered in 195 seconds , does it mean AAD's hypersonic capability stays here?

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Yes , it is said to be develoed from AAD varient with its hypersonic capabilities retain by it

 

[Tija]

In Black it look's damn sexy.

 

[Omega007]

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The Hindu : News / National : Maiden test of Prahaar successful
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The maiden flight test of
‘Prahaar’, a quick-reaction, short
range tactical missile with a
range of 150 km, was
successfully conducted on
Thursday morning from the
Integrated Test Range (ITR) at
Chanidpur, Orissa.
The test was carried out at 8.15
a.m. from Launch Complex-III at
ITR by missile scientists of the
Defence Research and
Development Organisation
(DRDO), which designed and
developed the weapon system to
replace unguided rockets of
short range and meet the
services requirement for such a
battlefield weapon system.
DRDO sources told The HIndu
soon after the launch that the
mission was a success and met
all the objectives. The single-
stage, solid-fuelled missile zeroed
in onto the pre-designated target
in the Bay of Bengal with a high
degree of accuracy. All the
radars, electro-optical systems
and telemetry stations, besides a
ship located in the vicinity
recorded the entire event.
The new system will be initially
made operational in the Army. It
will replace the unguided Pinaka
multi-barrel rocket launcher (40
km range) and Smerch (90 km)
rocket systems.
Scientific Advisor Defence
Minister, V.K. Saraswat, who
witnessed the launch, said that
the 7.8 metre long missile
weighing 1.2 tonnes had high
manoeuvrability and acceleration
and could be quickly deployed in
any terrain by a road mobile
launcher. Each launcher will
carry six missiles.
Designed to carry omni-
directional warheads, Prahaar
could be used for hitting both
strategic and tactical warheads.

Every journos are making the same mistake-'omni directional warheads'.Mostly SAMs and AAMs are equipped with this kind of warheads.What Dr V.K.Saraswat had told was that the Prahar missiles will be fired verticaly from their canisters omnidirectionaly,which means the missiles are omni directional,not the warheads.
REGARDS....

 

[rajusri]

Well I have a few questions:

1. How does the size and weight compare to other"unguided" rockets of the same ilk?

I do not think there is any unguided rocket of 150 km range.

We can compare it other such tactical missile like US army ATACMS. It has 1480 kg weight with 140 km range. Weight of Prahaar is 1200 kg or lower with 150 km.

2. What is the wahead weight associated with the missile?

250 kg.

3. Will the launcher be developed in India?

Everything is Indian. The launched could be from L&T. They are making launchers under DRDO guidance for a while.

4. Some of the warheads used by SMERCH are cluster bombs. Does this missile have the capability to launch simillar warheads?

Thanks!

Yes. It will carry cluster submunitions and all other types of conventional warheads.

 

[rajusri]

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Yes , it is said to be develoed from AAD varient with its hypersonic capabilities retain by it

The speed must be Mach 4+ though average is 2.3 because the initial speed is low.

 

[Tija]

Prahar, a short-range surface-to-surface missile developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation was successfully test-fired this morning from the Integrated Test Range in Balasore district in its maiden launch.

This single stage missile with a range of 150 km and fuelled by solid propellants took off at 8.15 am from a road mobile launcher in Launch Complex 3 of ITR in Chandipur of Balasore district. A DRDO scientist declared Thursday's test as successful.

Like Pinaka missile, a multiple-rocket system, several Prahar missile can be fired in one salvo. But for Thursday's test, only one missile was fired.

DRDO sources said Prahar (meaning to strike) with greater accuracy than the unguided missiles currently being used by the Indian Army will fill the gap between Pinaka, the multi-barrel rocket system, which has a range of 45 km and the Prithvi missile that can attack targets 250 km to 350 km away. Prahar can image, take out multiple targets and can be moved to any place. It can carry conventional warheads. It will be a road-mobile weapon—similar to the BrahMos supersonic multi-role cruise missile—with each motorised transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) carrying six cannisterised, vertically-launched missiles armed with conventional warheads. A separate wheeled vehicle is being developed to act as a missile resupply station, carrying six cannistered missile rounds. DRDO sources said Prithvi was never a quick-reaction system and its flight trajectory can be easily tracked by early warning radars as it is a single-stage missile. But ‘Prahaar’ boasts a three-element flight-control system, with the third and final stage comprising only the manoeuvring warhead section. The ‘Prahaar’ is expected to replace all existing Prithvi SS-150 missiles that are now deployed by the three Missile Groups attached to the Indian Army’s two Field Artillery Divisions. Being multi-directional and auto loading in nature, Prahar will be extremely useful in emergency situations. Its launch time is estimated to be two to three minutes and no preparation is required. The missile has been under development for the past four years. It was first unveilled last year in scale-model form at the Larsen & Toubro stall during DEFEXPO 2010

Surface-to-surface Prahar missile excels maiden test - Indian Express

 

[aanshu001]

150 km in 195 seconds mean very high speed. The actual speed must be Mach 4+.

that make 769.23 m/s , make it nearly 2.25 Mach. which is too good for 1st test and quite enough for 150 km range.

 

[AMCA]

Any pictures guys??

 

[Skull and Bones]

Congrats friends. Another feather in the cap of DRDO.

 

[Tija]

^^^^

Any pictures guys??

Post no. 36

 

[Tanna Tanni]

Its capable of hitting strategic as well as tactical targets. Isn't it a polite way of saying that Prahaar is a conventional as well as a nuclear capable missile?