RudraM Series Air-launched Missiles : Updates & Discussions
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Rudram 2 officially now is a part of Adani Defence portfolio.
If materialize we will need proper bombers, not a heavy air superiority fighter for launching that weapon.
The Rudram missile family is our equivalent of the US AARGM-ER. The next logical step would be hypersonic CMs.
Btw wasn't there another missile program called Glidefire?
Btw wasn't there another missile program called Glidefire?
That is for Indian Navy. It is supposed to be an anti ship missile launched from ship.
That seems unlikly. Why would you say that?. There are multiple anti ships missiles under active development like LRAShM, NASM-MR, Brahmos-NG, Nirbhay derivative with seeker etc.
LRSOW is definitely for the Air Force. I'm guessing it will be something the size of the Israeli Rampage. That's something we lack.
How can a long range weapon system be in the size and form factor of Rampage , which is a repurposed rocket ? Unless we know spec IAF asked for, we can not be sure the range and form factor parameter of a standoff weapon system from a long range.
Perhaps the idea is theoretically having similar vectors such as Brahmos systems as shown, 300 km to 450-500km to 800km. This would go with the rudram series range and form factors as well after de-linking R1 aka NGARM from the program (ie NGARM is under project Astra group at DRDL, while RCI makes the Rudrams). The 2 rudrams are 300 and 500km respectively, so it is logical to match Brahmos future plans in this as well.
Later you can derive the rampage like solution from the indigenous system GPRS itself, with the 120km version is ready that can be repurposed as rampage, here the usp being more numbers the jet can carry as a standoff weapon.
Perhaps the idea is theoretically having similar vectors such as Brahmos systems as shown, 300 km to 450-500km to 800km. This would go with the rudram series range and form factors as well after de-linking R1 aka NGARM from the program (ie NGARM is under project Astra group at DRDL, while RCI makes the Rudrams). The 2 rudrams are 300 and 500km respectively, so it is logical to match Brahmos future plans in this as well.
Later you can derive the rampage like solution from the indigenous system GPRS itself, with the 120km version is ready that can be repurposed as rampage, here the usp being more numbers the jet can carry as a standoff weapon.
Any recent news on the SIVA passive targeting/datalink pod the Rudram family is expected to use?
All I could find was a 2017 article from Prasun Sengupta on the pod.
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All I could find was a 2017 article from Prasun Sengupta on the pod.
SIVA IMR Pod Explained
In simple terms, the SIVA IMR pod is something similar to the ELTA Systems-developed ELM-2060P radar targetting pod, and it will be used f...
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