Second test of Nirbhay cruise missile in February

[Omega007]

Congrats. Now I will get a lobotomy and vote for Rahul Gandhi.

PS - Without an invasive brain destroying surgery there is no way I am voting for him..so....

**** NO......I would never vote for puppy (read pappu),even if someone holds me to gun point.

 

[SarthakGanguly]

**** NO......I would never vote for puppy (read pappu),even if someone holds me to gun ooint.

Depends where the gun point is - right? In the head and you would prefer death....somewhere down - Congress gets another vote

 

[Omega007]

Depends where the gun point is - right? In the head and you would prefer death....somewhere down - Congress gets another vote

You got me there bro,hats off to you.

 

[Hamartia Antidote]

TRISHUL: Nirbhay Cruise Missile Family Finally Revealed!

???

Make sure you do something else cool with it.
This is powered by a cruise missile engine:

 

[Brahmos_2]

This is the most awaited test for 2014.

You missed GSLV mk 3..........

 

[jarves]

You missed GSLV mk 3..........

And Kaveri engine

 

[SrNair]

What about supersonic LACM?Friends any update on it.Please reply

 

[Brahmos_2]

And Kaveri engine

Seriously..??? any links?

 

[jarves]

Seriously..??? any links?

I knew that you would ask about it. I have bookmarked these links.
"the lab also intends to evaluate it as second engine fitted on a twin-engined MiG-29 fighter aircraft in 2014, prior to start of certification process the same year."

Indian DRDO to revive Kaveri engine development programme - Airforce Technology
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[Gessler]

Good news. Range must be greater than 1000 KM.

Prasun claims 1,200 km. He also says this missile will be carried by Su-30MKIs as well as being submarine-launched
and land-based. He also pointed at a smaller, 750 km version that will be carried by Jaguar DARIN-3 and Rafale MMRCA.

So 4 different versions.

 

[kaykay]

Prasun claims 1,200 km. He also says this missile will be carried by Su-30MKIs as well as being submarine-launched
and land-based. He also pointed at a smaller, 750 km version that will be carried by Jaguar DARIN-3 and Rafale MMRCA.

So 4 different versions.

Great news if true. We really need to induct it in next 2-3 years which seems to be very much possible especially land based and sub launched versions.

 

[Omega007]

Here are 10 must-know points about India’s Nirbhay:

1. It is a sub-sonic cruise missile. It blasts off like a rocket, but then unlike a missile, it turns into an aircraft. Unlike other ballistic missiles like the Agni,Nirbhay has wings and pronounced tail fins.
2. In early flight after launch, the rocket motor falls off and the small wings get deployed.
3. At this point a gas turbine engine kicks in and it becomes like a full aircraft, explains P S Krishnan, Director, Aeronautical Development Establishment, Bangalore.
4. The Nirbhay is very maneuverable and can fly at tree-top level making it difficult to detect on radar.
5. Once near the target, it can even hover, striking at will from any direction.
6. It can strike targets more than 700 km away carrying nuclear warheads, giving India the capability to strike deep into enemy territory.
7. It gives India the capacity to launch different kinds of payloads at different ranges from various platforms at a very low cost. It can be launched from a mobile launcher.
8. The missile has a fire-and-forget system that cannot be jammed.
9. It is India’s answer to America’s Tomahawk and Pakistan’s Babur. The US had deployed cruise missiles very effectively during the Gulf War.
10. India has made tactical missiles of different capacity, but had made a cruise missile. DRDO scientists, including several women, worked very hard on theNirbhay.

11.Everyone knows those.

 

[Aarush]

11.Everyone knows those

thanks to enlighten me..post deleted..

 

[Khan_patriot]

Can cruise missiles be nuclear capable??? Just an honest question???

 

[janon]

Can cruise missiles be nuclear capable??? Just an honest question???

Yes, they can. For example,
AGM-129 ACM - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
BGM-109A version of Tomahawks were also nuclear capable, carrying the w-80 warhead. They were retired from service a few months back.