I understand the hype, but won't that depend on work being finished first. Most of the rumours are from tenders, which needs to be awarded first. At present we know there were definite tenders of aerial target service for astra mk2 and Akash ng came last month. Lets see what they test. I expect AD system test to happen a bit later toward end of year.
Missile Test Watch
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Well, could be a derivative of Agni Prime. Agni prime was supposed to be Indian anti ship ballistic missile as well.
Like DF-21D is a derivative of DF-21
Please stop posting fake Twitter handles tweet. They feel like parasite to genuine posters both here & on Twitter. Copied content from multiple news reporting on this matter already which is also available on Twitter.
This one was actually reported by timesnow news , possibly by someone quite novice. There is only 1 notam of some test on 5th to 9th Oct for 2k km. What it is, is anyone's guess.
India's New Missile To Have Range Of Over 500 KM, More Than BrahMos
A Defence Research and Development Organisation or DRDO project, the missile will have a range of 500km or more, considerably more than the BrahMos, the Indo-Russian cruise missile with a range of initially 290 and now, about 350 km. The first trial of the tentatively titled LRASM or Long Range...
Whatever they test, they have to prepare first, and all of related labs, SF complex have been quite busy over the past month, particularly ITR and PXE. you do not stock up on medicines, speed boats, underwater gear, boots and protective clothes, air to ground comm, comm from ground to heli+ jets , calibrator, tools, searchlights (handheld) loads of other things even taxi services for specific days for nothing. Weather permitting, we are just about to enter some testing phase for sure like every year.
Many tests , one long range one is in the morning, suggests some mature system possibly k4 that they want people to know.
The 155km NOTAM could be for Astra MK2? Any guesses?
K4 launch if successful shall increase our triad potency by leaps and bound.