TOP 10 WAR DETERRENT WEAPONS OF INDIA

[pmukherjee]

Good effort. Nice pics, thanks.

 

[DrSomnath999]

M777 Towed Howitzer for Indian Army

The M777 howitzer is replacing the M198 howitzer in the United States Marine Corps and United States Army.
The 155 mm gun's relative light weight of 3,175 kg (7,000 lb), achieved through the extensive use of titanium, allows it to be slung under a helicopter and quickly deployed in mountainous terrain.
In contrast to the M777's light weight, the 155 mm FH77B Bofors howitzer acquired by the Indian Army starting 1986 weighed 11,500 kg (25,353 lbs).
The M777's effective range varies from 24-40 km depending on the ammunition used. The 40km range comes the new Excalibur GPS-guided munition whose higher accuracy allows for extreme firing ranges.
In tests conducted by the US Army, firing at a target 24 km away the gun landed 13 of 14 Excalibur rounds that it fired within 10 meters of their target.

 

[asad71]

acha really!! we would see how many threads similar to me get created by the fanboys in every few weeks,
Listen lad stop playing guitar with me, i had created top 10 future weapons of not only of india but of every nation not for chest thumping but it is my interest for weapons.ok

Hello Dr Saab! Where can I find the list of Top 10s of Pakistan, Burma, China and Bangladesh? Thanks.

 

[DrSomnath999]

FUTURE AIR TO AIR MISSILES
BVRAAM

1.METEOR

Meteor is an active radar guided beyond-visual-range air-to-air missile (BVRAAM) being developed by MBDA. It is to equip the Eurofighter Typhoons
Engine Throttleable ducted rocket,FUTURE RAMJET

range 100+ km (60+ mi)
Speed over Mach 4
Guidance nertial Mid-course with Datalinked Updates, Active Radar


2.RUSSIA R-77RVV-AE-PD.

It will feature a ramjet propulsion device. This heavier missile system will have a much greater range, and will surely be the primary beyond visual range (BVR) air-to-air weapon in upcoming fifth generation Russian frontline fighters.
RAMJET POWERED
RANGE-140-150KM

R-172

he Novator K-100 is a Russian air-to-air missile designed as an "AWACS killer"[4] HAS ranges OF 300-400km.

.INDIA ASTRA RAMJET POWERED

RANGE >1O0KM

II WVRAAM OR SHORT RANGE AAM
1 AIM-132 ASRAAM

The AIM-132 Advanced Short Range Air-to-Air Missile is an infrared homing ("heat seeking") air-to-air missile, produced by MBDA
This seeker has a long acquisition range, high countermeasures resistance, approximately 90 degrees off-boresight lock-on capability, and the possibility to designate specific parts of the targeted aircraft (like cockpit, engines, etc.). The ASRAAM also has a LOAL (Lock-On After Launch) ability which is a distinct advantage when the missile is carried in an internal bay such as in the upcoming F-35 Lightning II.
RANGE -300 m – 18 km

PYTHON 5

The Python-5 is currently the most able AAM in Israel's inventory and one of the most advanced AAMs in the world. It has BVR (beyond visual range), LOAL (lock-on after launch), and all-aspect, all-direction (including backward) attack ability. The missile features an advanced electro-optical imaging infrared seeker (IIR or ImIR) which scans the target area for hostile aircraft, then locks-on for terminal chase. With a total of eighteen control surfaces and careful design, the resulting missile is supposed to be as maneuverable as air-to-air missiles with thrust vectoring nozzles.
Guidance: IR + electro-optical imaging
Warhead: 11 kg
Range: >20 km
Speed: Mach 4

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Hello Dr Saab! Where can I find the list of Top 10s of Pakistan, Burma, China and Bangladesh? Thanks.

JUST TYPE IN GOOGLE OR SEARCH MILITARY FORUM ,CHINA SECTION & WMD SECTION& SORRY I HAVE NOT MADE Top 10s Burma &
Bangladesh

 

[Veeru]

Its cbu-105

India and US Ink CBU-105 Deal: Armed Forces Int. News

 

[Pakchina]

All these weapons are foreign made that is from the US, EU, Israel and Russia including the CBU-97 SENSOR FUZED WEAPONS. No need to be proud. If India was subject to a total and stringent weapons and technological embargoes, just like China, there would have been zero Indian war deterrent weapons.

 

[Urbanized Greyhound]

A fantastic thread Thanks for posting DrSomnath ...The information on ASAT and Laser Based BMD on aircrafts was way more than what is there in open sources . Lets Hope the time schedules are kept.

Many weapons are yet to be acquired though and they wont be deterrents if they are not yet operational. For my part , would like to see some progress on the Submarine front. Of all weapons listed , those are the ones which need to be completed fastest to plug critical capability gaps on our maritime front. IN is our most effective tool for power projection considering our geographical location.

 

[Jango]

uh, do these weapons qualify as deterrent? How?

They could be offence and defense just as much as deterrent IMO.

 

[DrSomnath999]

All these weapons are foreign made that is from the US, EU, Israel and Russia including the CBU-97 SENSOR FUZED WEAPONS. .

which fool told u all these weapons that i have posted are foreign made not a single one is indian made,just tell me?

No need to be proud

I would always be proud of my nation whether they build weapons of their own or not ,do u have any problem?

If India was subject to a total and stringent weapons and technological embargoes, just like China, there would have been zero Indian war deterrent weapons.

then we would have also steal & copy technolgy from western & russia like china

 

[Abingdonboy]

All these weapons are foreign made that is from the US, EU, Israel and Russia including the CBU-97 SENSOR FUZED WEAPONS. No need to be proud. If India was subject to a total and stringent weapons and technological embargoes, just like China, there would have been zero Indian war deterrent weapons.

Sour grapes? Why bring China into this? The reason NO ONE wants to sell weapons to China is because they buy them, rip them off, re name them and pass them of as "indigenous". It's not a bad thing that these weapons are foreign made it means India is only getting the best kit. In the future things will be different but in the near future India will have the best kit in the world and is one of the meanest fighting forces in the world.

 

[RockyX]

I must say By 2020, We will have almost everything we need to make our defence capability very strong and to face any of our neighbour(s).

 

[crimemaster_gogo]

OMG.. Not again.
BTW.. Wrong pic of Arjun Mk-2.... Please research properly before posting

and your valuable contribution to the thread is the above crap? do not say not again this and that, that guy has put so much of effort to come up with this thread which is quite accurate. if you can't appreciate his work no problem atleast don't criticize for the sake of nothing.

 

[DrSomnath999]

MBRL
Pinaka Multi Barrel Rocket Launcher

Pinaka is a multiple rocket launcher produced in India and developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the Indian Army. The system has a maximum range of 39–40 km and can fire a salvo of 12 HE rockets in 44 seconds, neutralizing a target area of 3.9 km2. The system is mounted on a Tatra truck for mobility.

Pinaka is a complete MBRL system, each Pinaka battery consists of: six launcher vehicles, each with 12 rockets; six loader-cum-replenishment vehicles; three replenishment vehicles; two Command Post vehicle (one stand by) with a Fire Control computer, and the DIGICORA MET radar. A battery of six launchers can neutralize an area of 1000 m x 800 m.
The Army generally deploys a battery that has a total of 72 rockets. All the 72 rockets can be fired in 44 seconds, taking out an area of 1 km2. Each launcher can fire in a different direction too. The system has the flexibility to fire all the rockets in one go or only a few.
This is made possible with a fire control computer. There is a command post linking together all the six launchers in a battery. Each launcher has an individual computer, which enables it to function autonomously in case it gets separated from the other five vehicles in a war.
K.J. Daniel, Project Director, Pinaka, calls it “a system” and explains how massive each system is. A Pinaka battery has six launchers, six loader vehicles, six replenishment vehicles, two vehicles for ferrying the command post and a vehicle for carrying the meteorological radar, which will provide data on winds.

Salient features
Use of state-of-the-art technologies for improved combat performance
Total operational time optimised for shoot & scoot capability
Cabin pressurisation for crew protection in addition to blast shields
Microprocessor-based fully automatic positioning and fire control console
Night vision devices for driver and crew
Neutralisation/destruction of the exposed troop concentrations, ‘B’ vehicles and other such soft targets
Neutralisation of enemy guns/rocket locations
Laying of antipersonnel and antitank mines at a short notice.


BM-30 Smerch

The BM-30 Smerch (Tornado) or 9A52 is a Soviet heavy multiple rocket launcher. The system is designed to defeat personnel, armored, and soft-skinned targets in concentration areas, artillery batteries, command posts and ammunition depots.

Components

The main components of the RSZO 9K58 "Smerch" system are the following:
Rockets 9M55 or 9M528 (in containers);
BM 9A52-2 launch vehicle;
TZM 9T234-2 transloader with a 850 kg crane and 12 spare rockets;
Automated fire control equipment in the command post 1K123 "Vivary";
Maintenance vehicle PM-2-70 MTO-V;
Set of arsenal equipment 9F819;
Training facilities 9F827 and 9F840.
The 300mm rockets with a firing range of 70 and 90 km and various warheads have been developed for the Smerch MLRS.
The 9A52-2 vehicle with the automated system ensures:
delivery of fire from an un-surveyed fire position;
laying of the launch tube cluster with the crew staying in the cabin and without using aiming points;
autonomous determination of an azimuth of the launch tube cluster’s longitudinal axis;
visual representation of graphical information for the launch tube cluster laying, the route of vehicle movement and location as well as a point of destination and direction of movement on the video terminal;
increase in MLRS survivability owing to reduced time of staying at a fire position;
increased comfort for the laying operator, especially in adverse weather conditions and at night;
increased independent operation owing to the navigation and survey equipment, which allows the vehicle to rapidly change fire positions and move autonomously;
reduction of the combat crew.

 

[Abingdonboy]

I must say By 2020, We will have almost everything we need to make our defence capability very strong and to face any of our neighbour(s).

I'd say by 2017-8 India will be on top game.

 

[DrSomnath999]

Anti-tank guided missiles

1.Nag (missile)

Nag (Sanskrit: नाग, Nāg "Cobra") is a 3rd generation "Fire-and-forget" anti-tank missile developed in India. It is one of five missile systems developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Program (IGMDP)
guidance is based on an imaging infra-red (IIR) passive seeker that ensures a high-hit accuracy in both top- and front-attack modes.
The mmW seeker, on the other hand, is intended to operate as an optional system that can replace the IIR passive seeker as a module. Also incorporated into the guidance system, is a CCD camera. The advantage of this optical seeker is that it is less prone to jamming. The missile has a weight of 42 kg and can engage targets at ranges 4–5 km. The Nag is claimed to be first anti-tank missile which has a complete fiberglass structure.
Another advantage of the missile is property of the propellant. Most missiles leave a plume as the missile heads toward the target. This makes it harder for the firer to remain hidden. In the Nag, however, the plume is visible only during the first one second of flight, as the missile's booster imparts 90% of the velocity, following which, a sustainer maintains the missile's speed, burning a smokeless propellant that is almost invisible.

Advanced variants




In addition to basic land and helicopter variants the DRDO is now developing number of advanced variants of the Nag missile:

i).Helina, (HELIcopter launched NAg)with a range of 7–8 km, launched from twin-tube stub wing-mounted launchers on board the armed HAL Dhruv and HAL Light Combat Helicopter produced by state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL). It will be structurally different from the Nag. The Helina will make use of an IIR seeker for target engagement like the Nag. Launchers have been cleared for captive carriage trials and handed over to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for carriage trials. The Helina was expected to be tested by the end of 2010. The first ground launches of the missiles were conducted in 2011. During which the missile was launched onto a target and launched. While the missile was in flight, a second target was chosen for the missile to hit which got destroyed. This demonstrated the capability of the missile to lock onto and hit another target while in flight.A 2-way RF command-video data link has been released which is intended to be fired from HAL ALH.[3]
ii)land version, will also have its range extended by development of a mast-mounted missile launcher that will be hydraulically raised out to a height of five metres to enable the Nag missile to acquire its targets out to a distance of 7–8 km.
iii)Air-launched, 10 km-range variant launched from tactical interdiction aircraft like the upgraded Jaguar IS. It will use a nose-mounted millimetric-wave active radar seeker.
iv)Man portable, DRDL will also start working on the,`Man Portable' Nag very soon. It would weigh less than 14 kg

2.Javelin

The FGM-148 Javelin is a United States-made man-portable third generation anti-tank missile fielded to replace the Dragon antitank missile

Javelin is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance. The system takes a top-attack flight profile against armored vehicles (attacking the top armor which is generally thinner) but can also take a direct-attack mode for use against buildings or fortifications. This missile also has the ability to engage helicopters in the direct attack mode. It can reach a peak altitude of 150 m (500 ft) in top-attack mode and 60 m in direct-fire mode and is equipped with an imaging infrared seeker. The tandem warhead is fitted with two shaped charges: a precursor warhead to detonate any explosive reactive armor and a primary warhead to penetrate base armor. The Javelin was used in the 2003 Invasion of Iraq on Iraqi Lion of Babylon tanks and Type 69 tanks.
The missile is ejected from the launcher so that it reaches a safe distance from the operator before the main rocket motors ignite; a "soft launch arrangement". This makes it harder to identify the launcher; however, back-blast from the launch tube still poses a hazard to nearby personnel. Thanks to this "fire and forget" system, the firing team may move on as soon as the missile has been launched.

3.Spike (missile)

Spike is a fourth generation[2] man-portable fire-and-forget anti-tank guided missile with tandem-charged HEAT warhead, developed and designed by the Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and in service with a number of nations.


Spike is a fire-and-forget missile with lock-on before launch and automatic self-guidance. The missile is equipped with an imaging infrared seeker.

The missile has a soft launch capability - the motor firing after the missile has left the launcher- which allows for the missile to be fired from confined spaces, which is a necessity in urban warfare.
The missile uses a tandem warhead - two shaped charges, a precursor warhead to detonate any explosive reactive armor and a primary warhead to penetrate the underlying armor. Currently, it is replacing aging second generation anti-tank missiles like the MILAN and M47 Dragon in the armies of the user nations.
The Spike system is made up of the launching tripod with its fire control unit and the missile. There is no dedicated thermal sight on the launcher - the missile's imaging seeker is used. Altogether, the long range variant of the system weighs around 26 kilograms (57 lb)
Spike can be operated from the launcher by infantry, or from mounts that can be fitted to vehicles such as fast attack vehicles, armored personnel carriers or utility vehicles. Vehicles that are not normally fitted with anti-tank weapons can therefore be given anti-tank capability.
Spike has been tested as a weapon system for the SAGEM Sperwer unmanned aerial vehicle. The Spanish Army has fitted the Spike-ER to its Eurocopter Tiger attack helicopters