Second test of Indo-Israeli surface-to-air missile from Odisha test facility a hit

[ashok321]

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BHUBANESWAR: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the second test of long range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM), developed jointly with Israel, from a defence test facility off the Odisha coast, on Tuesday.

Defence sources said the missile was fired against a pilot-less target aircraft (PTA) to gauge the killing efficiency of the system and it achieved a direct hit. The missile with a dummy payload was launched from a mobile launcher at about 2.30 pm from the launching complex - III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea.

The missile's first test was carried out at about 10.15 am in a similar configuration. The missile then also had successfully intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle, mimicking an incoming hostile aircraft.

Speaking to 'The New Indian Express' from the test range a senior defence official said both the missiles successfully destroyed the targets as coordinated. "It was a proud moment for the country," he felt elated.

The advanced missile system, jointly designed and developed by India’s DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), includes a Multi-Functional Surveillance and Threat Alert Radar (MF STAR) for detection, tracking and guiding the weapon system.

The missile having a strike range of 90 km can fill the gap that India has in its armory at present and will provide the users with the capability to neutralise any aerial threats. It can carry a payload of 60 kg and flies at a speed of Mach 2.

The weapon system which weighs around 2.75 tonne will provide aerial protection to sensitive defence installations and crowded metropolitan cities of the country. After successful experimental tests, the missile will be inducted in the armed forces.

As a precautionary measure, over 3,500 people living within a 2.5 km radius of the test facility were temporarily shifted by the district administration to nearby shelter camps. Fishermen in three coastal districts of Balasore, Bhadrak and Kendrapada were asked not to venture into the sea during the test launch.

 

[wiseone2]

http://www.newindianexpress.com/nat...-facility-a-hit/2016/09/20/article3625585.ece


BHUBANESWAR: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully conducted the second test of long range surface-to-air missile (LRSAM), developed jointly with Israel, from a defence test facility off the Odisha coast, on Tuesday.

Defence sources said the missile was fired against a pilot-less target aircraft (PTA) to gauge the killing efficiency of the system and it achieved a direct hit. The missile with a dummy payload was launched from a mobile launcher at about 2.30 pm from the launching complex - III of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea.

The missile's first test was carried out at about 10.15 am in a similar configuration. The missile then also had successfully intercepted an unmanned aerial vehicle, mimicking an incoming hostile aircraft.

Speaking to 'The New Indian Express' from the test range a senior defence official said both the missiles successfully destroyed the targets as coordinated. "It was a proud moment for the country," he felt elated.

The advanced missile system, jointly designed and developed by India’s DRDO and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), includes a Multi-Functional Surveillance and Threat Alert Radar (MF STAR) for detection, tracking and guiding the weapon system.

The missile having a strike range of 90 km can fill the gap that India has in its armory at present and will provide the users with the capability to neutralise any aerial threats. It can carry a payload of 60 kg and flies at a speed of Mach 2.

The weapon system which weighs around 2.75 tonne will provide aerial protection to sensitive defence installations and crowded metropolitan cities of the country. After successful experimental tests, the missile will be inducted in the armed forces.

As a precautionary measure, over 3,500 people living within a 2.5 km radius of the test facility were temporarily shifted by the district administration to nearby shelter camps. Fishermen in three coastal districts of Balasore, Bhadrak and Kendrapada were asked not to venture into the sea during the test launch.

range of 90 km is pretty good. I assume all the russian missiles will be retired once this is inducted

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

I have to feel for the people living around the test site. Every time missile is launched, 2.5 km radius people are evacuated and Fishing stopped. Something must be done to prevent difficulties to local populace.

On Topic. Good effort. If its range is 90km, and Akash is having 40km range, for the long range defence S400 will be employed? Or longer range of this MRSAM will be developed. This development makes Akash Mk2 redundant?

 

[Alpha Fighter]

I have to feel for the people living around the test site. Every time missile is launched, 2.5 km radius people are evacuated and Fishing stopped. Something must be done to prevent difficulties to local populace.

On Topic. Good effort. If its range is 90km, and Akash is having 40km range, for the long range defence S400 will be employed? Or longer range of this MRSAM will be developed. This development makes Akash Mk2 redundant?

Different Aakash is 2.5M vs 2M and height ceiling is 18KM vs 16km.

 

[Rajaraja Chola]

Different Aakash is 2.5M vs 2M and height ceiling is 18KM vs 16km.

Its still less to make a difference in Mk2 version.

 

[A_Poster]

Land version of Barak-8 is less of a SAM (technically all ABMs are SAMs) and more of a cruise missile defence system.

 

[Alpha Fighter]

Its still less to make a difference in Mk2 version.

height celling of Akashi of 18KM make it more favourable, moreover its cheaper....

 

[RPK]

 

[kaykay]

Different Aakash is 2.5M vs 2M and height ceiling is 18KM vs 16km.

Barak-8's terminal velocity is 5-7 Mach( once dual pulse motor is fired for second time when its nearing its target). Its also said to have pulling 80G which makes it deadly against any existing cruise misisle.
"About five-to-seven kilometres short of the target, a seeker on the interceptor’s nose switched on, locking it onto the target. To accelerate the interceptor, which was by now merely coasting, the dual-pulse motor fired for a second time. This increased the interceptor’s velocity up to Mach 5-7, enabling it to manoeuvre sharply in tandem with the target’s evasive zigzags."