They re-grained (refurbed) a lot of prithvi 2s and has a decent stock of old Rus stuff that they not only prepare themselves, but also in house work has been done. Many interesting surprises are in stock.
Prithivi system is useless & outdated
We can build system like Agni-1P than we can pretty much build system like Iskander as well.
This will help in carrying out Balakot sort of strike more safely.
We do have Pralay.
Irrespective of Usage, you need to have the capability. We haven't used anything for so many years. i.e post kargil. You need to have capabilities keeping possible scenario in mind whether war happen or not.
Agni P is costly for short range operations. It is good fro 500 km to 2000 KM strike (With lower Payload) or its derivative can be developed as carrier killer. Pralay is our Iskander sort of missile for 300 KM to 500 KM range operations. Its Quasi ballistic short range missile with hypersonic speed.
2 of such type were in making. Gaurav and Guruthama. What happened to Guruthama?
However, Pakistan can not stop Pruthvi. If we fire pruthvi, It will cost enemy atleast couple of SAM.
If it is fired today against any modern AD systems almost each system will be defeated against it.
We need to mass produce these type of glide bombs as whatever success russia is having in donbass its mostly because of these type of cheap glide bombs/kits
I definitely agree that it's important to have options for more advanced munitions like cruise missiles, ramjet powered artillery, etc but I think most of the value the IA will get will be in the lower end of the spectrum - cheap loitering munitions, plenty of light weight artillery with decent enough range, shoulder fired missiles etc. The Chinese will have greater availability of everything and the IAF will struggle to contest the airspace even with the aid of Indian AD, so the IA will have to operate mostly self sufficiently. Cheap and lightweight shoot-and-scoot options will be critical.
Ultimately, India will be on the defense and shouldn't expect a coalition to resupply them endlessly for free like Ukraine. Self-sufficiency on the most commonly used missiles/munitions will be critical for the IA to resist. It has to be quick and cheap.
Against Pakistan maybe, but against China in the Himalayas the utility will be limited. IAF will not have good sortie rates, and I expect them to be pulled far back and limited to air denial roles if hostilities do break out.
NASM-SR in Adani Defence factory:
ULPGM:
VSHORAD missile & launcher:
Launcher looks similar to the SIMBAD system for the Mistral missile.
Gaurav glide bomb:
ULPGM:
VSHORAD missile & launcher:
Launcher looks similar to the SIMBAD system for the Mistral missile.
Gaurav glide bomb:
No idea. Seems to me it was just a tech demonstrator like the Sudarshan.
The laser seeker on it is probably going to get added to the Gautham Mk2.
Let's see.
A whole bunch of PGMs are in various stages of dev and testing. Near term prospects for orders are ULPGM (drone launched), HELINA/SANT (helo launched) Gautam/Garuthma and eventually the SAAW glide bomb. The TARA kit is still some time away from testing and production.
Adani is prepping to produce the ULPGM and Gautam/Garuthma family.
Adani is prepping to produce the ULPGM and Gautam/Garuthma family.
As i was saying new turbojet for NASM-MRTurkish recently tested Atmaca anti-ship missile with their own KTJ-3200 engine giving 3.2 kn thrust. Missile diameter is 350mm and engine 300mm. We will need this class of engine very soon. Our STFE is similar but weights 100kg+.
They initially went for the lower end of cruise missiles, but we began with long-range Tomahawk-like systems. It would be interesting to see the evolution of NASM-MR; I hope it has a turbofan/jet.
Yes this was discussed during the AAV seminar at the start of the year I think, from where we got to know MR is likely for min 300km range category , was discussed by Dr Tessy Thomas I think. Quite a few building blocks/core tech is about to get tested soon. STAR is also 350mm dia and now they have both the Brahmos 600mm and the crmc 1400 mm boosters available as proven option. So it will be good to stick suitable config article on top and make new missiles. Plus the dual/multi pulse option , air breathing propulsion many options even if manik derivatives take time.