Brahmos Supersonic Cruise Missile : News, Updates and Discussions
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Another difference appears to be that in the latest test model, the slits for the glide wings are positioned much farther to the back (toward the nozzle) than previous models.
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Here is part 1 of Nirbhay Missile team interview. Some exclusive sights.
Here is part 1 of Nirbhay Missile team interview. Some exclusive sights.
Another difference appears to be that in the latest test model, the slits for the glide wings are positioned much farther to the back (toward the nozzle) than previous models.
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The wing has not changed position .....Its just the other side of the missile .
Nirbhay uses a single piece wing rotating to the position on a single pivot ... so one half of the wing rotates from front of the pivot to the position while the other from the back .
For better clarity , here is the two sides of NGL-02 , the second Nirbhay Missile ,
Some screen shots from the video posted on #163
Close up on the missile. Notice those shockproof cases(white boxes in the back), wonder what they keep in those.
Tow-able rig for assembly and testing. Remember we saw similar(in mechanism not size) rigs in that ASAT video that DRDO released, they were used for assembling the ASAT missile. Again a lot of cases in the back.
Maybe they keep assembly tools and stuff in them.
The most interesting thing from the video. It says "Nirbhay AL-01" in Hindi in that red circle with the black arrow. The other red circle says "Choubis" or 24 in Hindi. I have very poor eye sight, somebody please confirm that. Strangely it seems to have a very unusual air-intake duct, marked by the red arrow. Nirbhay missile doesn't have a air-intake duct for the Turbofan/jet, it just has a cavity. So what's the deal here ?
The mid section has a huge gap, you don't need that big of a cavity to stow away the wings. The missile seems to have a larger diameter than the Nirbhay missile or maybe its just me. Also look at the nose ! Its pointy and there is no orange/red radome thingy present here. Guys is this really a Nirbhay ?
Here you can see the rail employed for keeping the missile attached to the launcher and for vertical launch.
Center of gravity calibration mass :
The older Nirbhay missile model with the pointy nose.
You can see that "Nirbhay AL-01" thing again marked with arrow.
This image provides the best look at the missile. Notice that intake. That is most certainly not the Nirbhay missile as we know it. A duct like that will significantly add to overall diameter and make it harder to cannisterize. Wait, wasn't there a air-launched version being made, is this the air-launched one ?
Close up on the missile. Notice those shockproof cases(white boxes in the back), wonder what they keep in those.
Tow-able rig for assembly and testing. Remember we saw similar(in mechanism not size) rigs in that ASAT video that DRDO released, they were used for assembling the ASAT missile. Again a lot of cases in the back.
Maybe they keep assembly tools and stuff in them.
The most interesting thing from the video. It says "Nirbhay AL-01" in Hindi in that red circle with the black arrow. The other red circle says "Choubis" or 24 in Hindi. I have very poor eye sight, somebody please confirm that. Strangely it seems to have a very unusual air-intake duct, marked by the red arrow. Nirbhay missile doesn't have a air-intake duct for the Turbofan/jet, it just has a cavity. So what's the deal here ?
The mid section has a huge gap, you don't need that big of a cavity to stow away the wings. The missile seems to have a larger diameter than the Nirbhay missile or maybe its just me. Also look at the nose ! Its pointy and there is no orange/red radome thingy present here. Guys is this really a Nirbhay ?
Here you can see the rail employed for keeping the missile attached to the launcher and for vertical launch.
Center of gravity calibration mass :
The older Nirbhay missile model with the pointy nose.
You can see that "Nirbhay AL-01" thing again marked with arrow.
This image provides the best look at the missile. Notice that intake. That is most certainly not the Nirbhay missile as we know it. A duct like that will significantly add to overall diameter and make it harder to cannisterize. Wait, wasn't there a air-launched version being made, is this the air-launched one ?
The NGL-06(possibly means Nirbhay Ground Launch-06) missile that was recently tested in flight. Pic possibly taken from a Su-30mki doing the tail chase. Looks cool.
At 20:15 the scientists take a question on variants of the Nirbhay and answer that an air-launched variant is upcoming.
At 24:15 they talk of Manik engine. Test flight with manik will happen in a year from now. Production of Manik at industrial level achieved.
At 34:47 talk of seeker. Apparently the recent test missile didn't have a seeker.
Over all an very informative video. Totally made my day.
At 20:15 the scientists take a question on variants of the Nirbhay and answer that an air-launched variant is upcoming.
At 24:15 they talk of Manik engine. Test flight with manik will happen in a year from now. Production of Manik at industrial level achieved.
At 34:47 talk of seeker. Apparently the recent test missile didn't have a seeker.
Over all an very informative video. Totally made my day.
Some screen shots from the video posted on #163
Close up on the missile. Notice those shockproof cases(white boxes in the back), wonder what they keep in those.
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Tow-able rig for assembly and testing. Remember we saw similar(in mechanism not size) rigs in that ASAT video that DRDO released, they were used for assembling the ASAT missile. Again a lot of cases in the back.
Maybe they keep assembly tools and stuff in them.
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The most interesting thing from the video. It says "Nirbhay AL-01" in Hindi in that red circle with the black arrow. The other red circle says "Choubis" or 24 in Hindi. I have very poor eye sight, somebody please confirm that. Strangely it seems to have a very unusual air-intake duct, marked by the red arrow. Nirbhay missile doesn't have a air-intake duct for the Turbofan/jet, it just has a cavity. So what's the deal here ?
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The mid section has a huge gap, you don't need that big of a cavity to stow away the wings. The missile seems to have a larger diameter than the Nirbhay missile or maybe its just me. Also look at the nose ! Its pointy and there is no orange/red radome thingy present here. Guys is this really a Nirbhay ?
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Here you can see the rail employed for keeping the missile attached to the launcher and for vertical launch.
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Center of gravity calibration mass :
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The older Nirbhay missile model with the pointy nose.
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You can see that "Nirbhay AL-01" thing again marked with arrow.
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This image provides the best look at the missile. Notice that intake. That is most certainly not the Nirbhay missile as we know it. A duct like that will significantly add to overall diameter and make it harder to cannisterize. Wait, wasn't there a air-launched version being made, is this the air-launched one ?
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As the name indicates , it looks like Nirbhay Air Launched variant = Nibhay AL
Oh.........that makes sense. If NGL means Nirbhay Ground Launch, AL must mean Air-Launched. Also it doesn't have a solid rocket booster. So why does it have a air-duct ? Was the original cavity like intake not suitable for air-launch ? Maybe it wasn't taking in enough air to kick start the engine mid-flight.
It's not Chaubis it's वै. वी. सं. Name of some organization probably going by सं. Which mostly stands for Sangathan.
So my eyes did fail me.
Sangathan in English would be union or organisation or establishment, something like that.
Say, what is the Hindi name for Aeronautical Development Establishment(ADE) ? ADE is a three letter abbreviation and the Hindi abbreviation must also be three letters. ADE is the nodal organisation responsible for this project.
So my eyes did fail me.
Sangathan in English would be union or organisation or establishment, something like that.
Say, what is the Hindi name for Aeronautical Development Establishment(ADE) ? ADE is a three letter abbreviation and the Hindi abbreviation must also be three letters. ADE is the nodal organisation responsible for this project.
Good guess ,
वै. वी. सं = वैमानिक विकास स्थापना (एडीई) , बंगलौर = Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) , Bangalore
Are there any examples from around the world of Air-launched CM sporting an air-duct similar to that ?
For example the cavity like intake in Nirbhay GL are very similar to that of the Russian Kaliibr missiles.
So my eyes did fail me.
Sangathan in English would be union or organisation or establishment, something like that.
Say, what is the Hindi name for Aeronautical Development Establishment(ADE) ? ADE is a three letter abbreviation and the Hindi abbreviation must also be three letters. ADE is the nodal organisation responsible for this project.
वैमानिक विकास प्रतिष्ठान so it will be वै वी प्रा
Probably some Sansthan (institution) with similar name or they used this abbreviation for ADE only.
Likely that air-launching with the conformal inlet was problematic as when the carrier jet releases the missile while flying at high speeds, the conformal duct might not be able to receive air all that efficiently. The shaped inlet might be necessitated to 'funnel' the airflow.
Just a guess though. There's no air-launch Kalibr/Klub operational, so difficult to say if the same would be the case when trying to adapt those to air-launch as well.
Though these two aren't air-launched versions of missiles which have conformal inlets in their ground-based variants to begin with.
The only missile I know of which has had both types of inlets is the Tomahawk. The older versions had an underslung intake:
The new ones (Block-4 I believe) have a conformal one like Kalibr or Nirbhay:
Though there isn't an air launched Block-IV which we'll need in order to verify whether its the launch platform that effects the need for a different type of inlet or not.
What is going on about ? Another anti-ship cruise missile ? Do we know anything of it ? @randomradio @Ashwin et al.
