Nirbhay Family of Subsonic Cruise Missiles : News and Discussions

[spice]

Indian Tomahawk missile has a textbook firing from Odisha

The LRLACM is a successor to failed Nirbhay experiment with longer range and top precision guidance. | India News

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After failure of “Nirbhay” cruise missile experiment, the DRDO achieved text-book success on June 15 when it conducted the first successful test firing of the Indian version of US Tomahawk subsonic cruise missile from ITR, Chandipur in Odisha. The Long Range Land Attack cruise missile (LRLACM), which has not been named as yet, hit the target at a distance of 1000 km with all past issues resolved.

Authoritative officials said that the cruise missile, which can be launched from multiple platforms, is a successor to the failed Nirbhay but with more range and other guidance improvements. It is understood that the missile will undergo two more developmental trials, then two more user trials in the next two years before induction into Indian armed forces.

While Pakistan has a 900 km range cruise missile named after Islamic conqueror Babur since 2010, China has a range of conventional and nuclear cruise missiles. The Pakistan weapon is reverse engineered from an unexploded Tomahawk missile recovered from a 1998 US strike against Al Qaeda terrorist camp in Khost in Afghanistan. Pakistan got full technical support from China to develop Babur and got the US Tomahawk technology in return.

 

[South block]

Test, test....Lora Lehasun. They have been testing various iteration of this for like 2 decades how many more tests.

2 more developmental trials, then 2 more user trials in the next 2 years before induction into Indian Armed Forces..... Eternal everlasting trials

 

[Rajput Lion]

2 more developmental trials, then 2 more user trials in the next 2 years before induction into Indian Armed Forces..... Eternal everlasting trials

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User trails are done on LSP models, so don't fret as it is headed for induction soon.

 

[Choice_of _inevitability]

SLCM has been tested four times, with one test publically acknowledged. Just so you know. The missile and underlying tech is already proven. They just need to prove novel features like in-flight re-targeting.
PDC is FY 2027-28 as per the AoN which is well within the timelines projected here.

 

[Speedster1]

SLCM has been tested four times, with one test publically acknowledged. Just so you know. The missile and underlying tech is already proven. They just need to prove novel features like in-flight re-targeting.
PDC is FY 2027-28 as per the AoN which is well within the timelines projected here.

There may be airframe changes like fixed scoop inlet in the air launched version though. Very little has been revealed about it so far but a screen grab speculated to be of the AL model has been doing the rounds on the internet.