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That's a very.....amateurish article!! Its pretty evident by the boastful language, and the extremely poor understanding of Indian Missile Systems. Some fanboy wrote it after taking a look at wikipedia articles. I'm not an expert on indian strategic systems, and even then i can see the poor quality of research done.Ensured Nuclear Strike: Indian Ballistic Missile Defense and Pakistani Countermeasures - Pakistan Strategic Forum
>Ballistic Missile Defense encompasses all efforts employed to stop a tactical or strategic attack by a ballistic missile, but usually BMD is concerned with missiles armed with nuclear weapons. >A ballistic missile is a missile which follows a ballistic trajectory (i.e. is propelled via rocket...
A Paxtani perspective of our BMD .
When ever you read Pakistani sources, know for a fact however much they spice it up, you've to sit with a bagful of salt. It's always informative to see how much your enemy underestimates you trying to undermine your achievements more so when they've little to nothing to boast of in so far as indigenous development goes. He wrote a lot on Ababeel. All this after only 1 test conducted till date.
Yep.
A cold launch set up is generally more complex & elaborate than a hot launch set up. Cold launchers are preferable on heavy multistage missiles especially when the 1st stage is a solid fueled. Hot launchers are preferable when there is a need for high rate of fire.
Both set ups have their advantages. For road mobile missiles remember you would also have to carry the additional weight of the gas cannisters for a cold launchers.
Not always safer. Say a Brahmos missile is ejected from the launch tube & somehow the solid boosters fail to ignite. Then the 3 ton missile will fall right back on the ship that launched it. There will be serious material damage & possibly even fire damage.
True. But if Barak-8 is removed we would need the Akash-Ng to replace it. Barak-8 ER can be replaced by XR-SAM. XR-SAM is a derivative of the Akash-NG also the NG has AESA seekers as opposed to the PDR seekers of the Barak-8.
I hope so.
Radar of the INS Dhruv or INS Anvesh ? DO we what band the LR_MFR operates in ?
The NG's seeker can target TBMs which do go hypersonic in their terminal phase. Whether AD against TBMs translates to AD against hypersonic cruise missiles that remains to be seen. It seems the XRSAM is the Akash NG with a solid booster.
Fair enough. It would also make sense to replace the S-band MF-STAR with a S-band LR-MFR. I hope the LR-MFR uses TSA type antennas with GaN transistors. That should allow it to out perform the MF-STAR.
The primary radar is X-band. The secondary is S-band. Though I am not sure which one is the primary & secondary.
Do we have any X-band radars in development ? I can recall the IAF's Ashwini LLTR operates in the S-band. IA's ADTCR is touted to be a derivative of the Ashwini so that's probably in S-band too. IN's Revathi is also in the S-band. We have a lot of S-band radars.
Yep I was hoping they could make a IEP set up using that reactor.
I have read the same. With surface ship the power demands are stringent as surface ships need to overcome weather elements & its effect on sea state. With subs weather is not a constant drag.
Yeah. I had this idea going in my head that we could power a 15,000 ton combat ship with the CLWR-B1. Even if project costs can be reduced by scaling manufacturing the up front cost would be enormous.
Do we have any X-band radars in development ? I can recall the IAF's Ashwini LLTR operates in the S-band. IA's ADTCR is touted to be a derivative of the Ashwini so that's probably in S-band too. IN's Revathi is also in the S-band. We have a lot of S-band radars.
QR-SAM's BMFR is a X-band AESA radar with 80 km range for a RCS of 2 sq. meters. That can be used I guess. What would be the use of the X-band ? FCR ? 80 km is good enough for most FCR applications. You can always make the AESA panels larger to get more range.
I love the flushed panels on the truck.
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XR-SAM's upper-stage airframe looked identical to the Akash-NG. Although the Astra Mk-2's airframe is also similar.
A SFDR based SAM is being worked. Who knows when that will arrive.
Yep. To intercept a sea-skimming hypersonic AShM the SAM will need to have active thrusters similar to the DACS on the PDV Mk-2. We will also need hot launch set up & jet vane control system. AESA seekers, 2 way data links etc.
The one of the Dhruv would be a bit too big to be superstructure mounted. Would need to be scaled down a bit.
The Dhruv probably has a L-ban. The fore deck has 2 radomes, one for the X-band the other for the L-band. Of course the mid deck has the massive S-band.
Anti HGV missile with very high lateral acceleration is under development.Astra will have much superior performance though, being lighter and smaller. With an initial high speed release, its 200+Km range at altitude can easily cross 250 or even 300Km.
Shaurya is unsuitable for this role. For a 500m interception, it will have to leave behind the booster and 1st stage our own deck.
The missile needs to be small and single stage, no different from Barak 8, Akash NG or even Astra.
DACS won't help inside the atmosphere, it's meant for use in space.
Won't the Navy need AWACS for early detection. Ship based sensors can only see so far.
I meant using the interceptor against the Shaurya. Not using the Shaurya as the interceptor.Shaurya is unsuitable for this role. For a 500m interception, it will have to leave behind the booster and 1st stage our own deck.
The missile needs to be small and single stage, no different from Barak 8, Akash NG or even Astra.
The Brahmos uses thrusters to go from vertical to horizontal. That's what I meant.
HTK with IIR seeker or RF seeker ? IIR seekers often need cooling for low altitude uses. That effects total weight. That uncooled IIR seeker seems to be coming along well. One of the spin offs from the Nag project.
