Akash Series Surface to Air Missile System

Barcid said:
The original akash is also ramjet based right?

According to your description. Akash NG seems to be more advanced than Akash P. Yet both missiles are in testing simultaneously, and Akash P has never been ordered. It looks like Akash NG will be ready as well by the time Akash P is ready. So Akash P may never be ordered.

Hence my question. Why is akash P being developed in the first place?
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Akash Prime is in production.
 
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Barcid said:
The original akash is also ramjet based right?

According to your description. Akash NG seems to be more advanced than Akash P. Yet both missiles are in testing simultaneously, and Akash P has never been ordered. It looks like Akash NG will be ready as well by the time Akash P is ready. So Akash P may never be ordered.

Hence my question. Why is akash P being developed in the first place?
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Who told you that Akash-Prime is not in production? In fact, we're upgrading all our legacy Akash missiles to Akash-P specs by adding a nose mounted RF seeker.

Akash-NG is our desi Barak-8. It's way more lighter, faster, more agile and with 2 times better range than legacy Akash. It's still under testing and a few years away from mass-production.
 
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Prime 2 regiments worth were ordered in 2023, the refurbed ones are probably the old missiles being morphed into akash-1s spec. Deliveries have been ongoing from the BDL akash stores. Both the services actually got a decent stock now that exceeds some of their other inventory items.

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BEL bags Rs 5,900 cr orders from Akash Weapon System, others

Bharat Electronics (BEL) has received orders worth Rs 5,900 crore, of which Rs 3,914 crore of orders are from the Akash Prime Weapon System. The public sector defence unit said it has received orders for two regiments of the improved Akash Weapon System with upgrades from BDL for a value of Rs...
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@Rajput Lion prediction with DRDO spec , more will be revealed later.

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marich01 said:
There is a chance that the Akash export order was for the Akash prime version. Lets wait and see.
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Understandable as normal Akash doesn't have nose mounted RF seeker(like Prime) and Akash-NG is still some years away from domestic induction, so export naturally is even further away.
 
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