Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion

Let's say a cylindrical shaped dual pulse missile, with a booster, fly near edge of the edge of the atmosphere, Guided through satcom in mid phase enters into lower atmosphere 2nd stage motor Kicks in glides towards the target, the RF/ IIR/ MMW seekers locks onto it and makes a steep dive with High terminal velocity, can it cover such distance & with High speed?
It will defeat the purpose & won't be cost effective. As the missile development cycle goes, below iteration is standard practice

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so for a tactical battlefield missile, the aim is to be cost effective while having high degree of accuracy & being able to operate in tightly fought over battle space. That means working in dense ew environment, having counter to enemy jam/spoof effort , able to defeat enemy AD and being undetected as much possible with very short mission time. Battlefield AD systems cover altitude upto 18-20km at best , 25 is a stretch. So your Rudram needs to be flying just above this zone, fly fast and conclude mission within short span.

So why would you want to send it up to edge of atmosphere at 70km ? This would mean enemy OTH radar will be able to track it & be aware of it much ahead of time. Second point, to send it up to that altitude you will need a bigger booster ie heavier missile, not suitable for air launch.

Then even if you have made it glide from an altitude like 70km, the acceleration gained will be much greater than the thrust provided by the 2nd pulse itself ie the 2nd pulse motor will be useless. If you already have high acceleration due to coming down from 70km above, your airframe will generate some aerodynamic lift, enough to make you glide at high speed if there are suitable control surfaces. So the 2nd motor will not add to this kinetic acceleration and enhance it. Therefore you can only cover a 100km or some more but not go from a 550km range to 1000km+ range. To cover such distance , your rudram has to be bigger & differently conceptualised, or use something like ramjet/scamjet/turbojet etc propulsion.

Then comes the weapon delivery system method, explained in below gist , which is another challenge on its own.

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Posted by ex Bharat rakshak member Haridas kukkur

If we follow the Moore's law, then the miniaturization has happened to a great level, keeping the rigidity of aerospace grade electronics intact for heavy duty work, better cabling procedures, better and compact very high redundancy check PLCs onboard having multiple backups in case of IC frying up, the electronics will function to the last chip.
 
Let's say a cylindrical shaped dual pulse missile, with a booster, fly near edge of the edge of the atmosphere, Guided through satcom in mid phase enters into lower atmosphere 2nd stage motor Kicks in glides towards the target, the RF/ IIR/ MMW seekers locks onto it and makes a steep dive with High terminal velocity, can it cover such distance & with High speed?

While re entering the speed will already be in hyper sonic band whether the 2nd motor burns or not. If the second motor begins to burn it will high hypersonic flight. This is ballistic missile flight trajectory.
 
I did some digging and it turns out K 4 , can potentially be MIRV 4 .
I am making to graphics for my own project. Will post here when done.
 
Ok... my comments give epileptic fits to some people over here . So I will write this comment and do the runner.

The video being posted is old video of the pontoon test, and no new video is available.

he video in circulation
I noticed something.

The missile has 2 ejection systems working simultaneously.
Anyone knows why ?

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bottom is ig to get out of the sub and the top is for directional TVC? similar to the brahmos but not as much deviation in angle but idk
 
bottom is ig to get out of the sub and the top is for directional TVC? similar to the brahmos but not as much deviation in angle but idk
Missile ejection system of submarine not advance enough to push heavy SLBM on it's own......... This could be because of multiple factors from our system being not that advance to how Arihant SSBN were designed for a 3 packed K-15 Silo with separate ejection system for each missile but working together for K-4 with reduced performance from necessary depth.
 
DAC meeting cleared the Additional SPICE Bombs

But this news about Numbers is from Israeli newspaper

Obviously Indian MOD will never reveal exact numbers
It doesn't matter that it's Israeli when refering Indian sources. Not all Israeli sources are authoritative or professional. The same outlet quoted ID-RW as a source for some other acquisitions before. If anything, Israeli companies are more secretive than buyers.
 
Missile ejection system of submarine not advance enough to push heavy SLBM on it's own......... This could be because of multiple factors from our system being not that advance to how Arihant SSBN were designed for a 3 packed K-15 Silo with separate ejection system for each missile but working together for K-4 with reduced performance from necessary depth.
Which ejection system launches multiple in one go? I do not know hence asking. If it is out there then the mechanism is very sophisticated, certainly ours is not on par there yet. We launch with single canister based system that can be easily swapped for installation & replacement and can keep long storage life inside the silo tube. This launch mechanism also has to cater for only a single launch one at a time and not need replacement.

Another thing, the report of new sub trial said 4 missiles in each silo, we are yet to see proof of such a 4 together adapter mechanism. But if it turns out to be true then the Arihant class design is quite strong (for a tactical deterrent role). The single canister based launch is ideal for heavy large dia article, you can not multipack those anyway.
 
Can anyone explain to me how exactly the " Mid-air " maneuver happened in the latter part where it is shown an interception well outside Earth?
If disco dancing sideways was enough, then the subject would not be that critical. This is for DACS to be used outside the atmosphere.

In case of DRDO or defence related subject in our country you can not ask stuff because it is confidential. Thy have opened up a bit but overall the same refusal to discuss in public view exists.