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Homegrown cruise missile system hit by technical snag​



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Homegrown cruise missile system hit by technical snag

BHUBANESWAR: A fresh test of India’s indigenous technology cruise missile (ITCM) system ‘failed’ on Friday after its engine reportedly developed snags. The syst
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Damn this subsonic cruise missile is proving a more tougher hurdle than previously anticipated🤦‍♂️

Lets hope we succeed earlier than later because such missiles like Nirbhay(in Tomahawk class) are required in huge numbers to overwhelm the enemy in a cost-effective way.
 
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Yeah main engine not starting altogether seems the problem suggested, after booster burned thru & it dropped in sea. Do they have recovery boats &/or divers to fetch it?

Would it be possible for ADA handholding with some pvt co or the project is probably too sensitive?
 
Hydra said:
That was just a fluke. Nirbhay is a failure from day 1 onwards, never saw a complete success. Only thing is that we were reluctant to accept it and even started believing that its been inducted secretly in to service.
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Failures are the pillars of success. Don't worry we will crack this thing too😉
 
these people are wasting time, someone should have been fired by now, including project team head
do not expect any accountability or anything from these people. GTRE is the most useless organization , biggest failure since it's inception. Engine development should have been made a national level priority on par with nuclear weapons development , head should have been rolled.... expect more such p@jeet level vishwaguru ch@tiy@gri going forward
 
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South block said:
these people are wasting time, someone should have been fired by now, including project team head
do not expect any accountability or anything from these people. GTRE is the most useless organization , biggest failure since it's inception. Engine development should have been made a national level priority on par with nuclear weapons development , head should have been rolled.... expect more such p@jeet level vishwaguru ch@tiy@gri going forward
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Some of the projects in defence have become life time employment providers. With govt taking no serious action the trend continues. If they dont deliver on some projects even after big time over runs project leaders/directors should be sent packing home. In terms of national security its going to cost us lot of lives and more financial burden in the long run.
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the project is probably too sensitive?
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Doesnt look like there is any thing sensitive here, there is nothing to be compromised on the engine. They can give the engine technical parameters to private companies and ask to deliver on it.
 
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This thing was always remain as an issue from the day one.PMO must look in to it and put some accountability . Need to complete this project within time .
Did you see how much the Kalibr missile was useful for the Russians for SEAD operation in Ukraine ?
If there is a conflict this system would be the mainstay for initial operation.
 
screambowl said:
Problem is the politics within the department. These senior scientists some of them are so adamant that they don't let the new ideas by juniors come in and this delays the project.
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The dealings of PMO is now in different level.
The man need result otherwise they will met the same fate of their former boss Dr Avinash
 
screambowl said:
Problem is the politics within the department. These senior scientists some of them are so adamant that they don't let the new ideas by juniors come in and this delays the project.
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That happens every where in India , two main reasons
1) talented ppl cant go out and start companies on their own as raising resources & capital is next to nil as we are a risk averse society.
2) Not many companies in pvt will be working on such technologies which can absorb these ppl and put them to better use.

Govt by making drdo a monopoly has ended up destroying chances of any better product by the local industry.

If ppl have options they will walk out, go else where, already we are losing a lot of talent to MNC's and ppl moving abroad. Instead of creating better atmosphere for local industry and reward our own talent we are continuously perpetuating existing system.
 
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That was IAF version and without warhead, most likely a training/test prototype, you wonder if it got misfired from captive trials during flight or something? A deployed canister launched missile would do that?
 
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