Indian Hypersonic Propulsion Developments
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It took cannister cover with itself.
The one who designed this model of LRAShM should definitely be fired. Nothing in resemblance to the real product.
Maybe its not LRAShM but a different hypersonic missile ? Why would the official PR emit the anti-ship part and specify tri-service role.
DRDO carries out successful flight-trial of India’s first long-range hypersonic missile off the Odisha coast
Posted On: 17 NOV 2024 9:45AM by PIB Delhi
Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conducted a successful flight-trial of India’s first long-range hypersonic missile from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha late on November 16, 2024. This hypersonic missile is designed to carry various payloads for ranges greater than 1,500 kms for the Armed Forces.
The missile was tracked by various range systems, deployed in multiple domains. The flight data obtained from down range ship stations confirmed the successful terminal maneuvers and impact with high degree of accuracy.
This missile has been indigenously developed by the laboratories of Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile complex, Hyderabad along with various other DRDO laboratories and Industry Partners. The flight-trial was carried out in the presence of senior scientists of DRDO and officers of the Armed Forces.
In a post on X, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh described the flight-trial as a historic achievement which has put India in the group of select nations having capabilities of such critical and advanced military technologies. He congratulated DRDO, Armed Forces and the Industry for the successful flight trial.
Booster - 5.7m length and 1.4m diameter (borrowed from K4?)
Second Stage - 8.3m length and 0.7-0.74m diameter
Approx dimensions
These aren't official figures, calibrated using known figures (2% error margin)
The second stage might be able to be launched from UVLM, for a significantly shorter range and speed
Maybe a lighter booster can be used for UVLM.
Could be.
LRAshM and AshBM are different missiles it seems.
Important detail, the missile is labelled as 3. So 3rd test?
Or just the 3rd missile for a lot of 4-5 missiles.
Or just the 3rd missile for a lot of 4-5 missiles.
Assuming it would be ~500km or thereabouts in that configuration - doesn't seem to offer any advantage to using this as opposed to just BrahMos-ER.
The complete missile design looks so unique in its own way. Kudos to all the project scientists
. The nose cone is pointy also 
Length is a problem, the BrahMos canister for UVLM is 800mm in diameter and 8.5m long. A 0.7m long booster won't be that useful, will have to wait and see what they do with the ship-launched variant.
Looks like 2 to me.
Depending on the flight characteristics, if it really glides at a 15-30km range at hypersonic speeds, it will be a good compliment when paired with the combination of BrahMos and other AShMs.
This makes it more confusing !
Why skip "anti-ship" and "ballistic" from the PR? What about ET-LDHCM and project Dhvani, Vishnu ? Is it really hypersonic or just during terminal.
Just a wild (and may be very wrong) idea.
This baby has a bomb bay doors of about 8-8.5 meter long and easily accommodates a 0.5 meters wide ballistic missile...
For a 8 meters long and 0.6 meter wide missile... its an interesting proposition.
This thing goes all the way to 16 KM up in the atmosphere and flies at Mach 2.1 ... Missile dropped from this in thin atmosphere will need a very small booster to push it to Mach 4 and beyond.
HGV flying at 20-25 KM altitude at 7-8 mach will be a real headache for an aircraft carrier fleet. This one bomber alone can carry 10-15 of these missiles. This bomber can fly 2.1 mach to a distance of almost 2500 KM in about an hour. Deployed from Hyderabad this one can arrive at a launch point near the Andamans (possibly having thick anti air cover to keep annoying forward deployed carrier based fighters away), launch a salvo of 10-15 missiles and get the hell out of there. 1500 KM away the invading carrier fleet disappears in the sea at malacca st. Even more fun? Imagine 4-5 of these birds.
This reminds me about an old interview of Avinash Chander then DRDO chief.
Saurav Jha's Blog : Interview with Dr Avinash Chander, DRDO Chief and Scientific Adviser to Defence Minister
The new Narendra Modi government gave the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), a major vote of confidence in its first budget by substantially hiking both the revenue and...
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But missile choose to fly by covering it.The complete missile design looks so unique in its own way. Kudos to all the project scientists
Very interesting observation.
Boosters of the Brahmos or the Nirbhay can be borrowed.
If it is cheaper than the Brahmos-ER, it can be used to saturate enemy AD. Remember the video of a simulation battle between a Philippines based Brahmos battery taking on a Chinese fleet?
I doubt this missile can still do hypersonic gliding without the K4 derived booster. Without that booster, I don't think it would be able to gain sufficient speed.
I agree. Similar opinion I also have it to acquire Tu-160 for guarding the IOR region. This will give unprecedented firepower to cover a vast IOR. As China grows its naval firepower, we need something in the IOR region to counter it, and Tu 160 will give that edge. Also, if DRDO/HAL modify it for dropping heavy-weight torpedoes, that will be a value-for-money asset.
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