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1 décembre 2014 1 01 /12 /décembre /2014 07:35
First Photo From Akash SAM's Slam-dunk Week

 

November 22, 2014 Livefist

 

Smashing week for India's Akash SAM. Not that it needed any more of a push. But what a week.

 

This image from noon on Friday is the first one out from this week's training user trials of the Akash SAM conducted by the Indian Air Force at the Integrated Test Range (Nov 17-21). This particular test on Friday at 12.10pm involved a quick succession salvo test in which the two SAMs in the picture were fired at Meggitt Defence Systems Banshee Jet 80 aerial targeting drones.

 

The New Indian Express quotes a source as saying, "While the first missile successfully destroyed a fast moving aerial target at a low altitude, the second missile had a direct hit with the unmanned aerial target Banshee Jet 80 nearly 4-km away at 35 meter altitude above sea level proving the system’s capability against subsonic cruise missile." (While this is largely what I hear from my sources too, I'm picking up that that the range was more out to about 8-km in the low-altitude engagement and about 24-km for the second missile).

 

Starting Monday, a random selection of production series Akash missiles (from Bharat Dynamics Ltd) were fired at a series of targets ranging from para barrels, flare targets and on two occasions the Banshee Jet 80 drone. The series of tests is being described as the most successful so far (similar tests in April and June went well too though).

 

The Akash SAM has been in service for over two years now. This weeks training user trials have proven once again the system's maturity. Orders worth $3.7 billion have so far been placed by the IAF and Army (eight IAF squadrons and two regiments) on the Akash SAM system, and there will be more.

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14 août 2014 4 14 /08 /août /2014 07:35
Indian Air Force conducts Akash missile’s user trial

An Air Force version of Akash nuclear-capable missile being launched. Photo DRDO

 

13 August 2014 airforce-technology.com

 

The Indian Air Force (IAF) has fired Akash nuclear capable supersonic missile from the launch complex III of Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur, Odhisa, India.

 

ITR director MVKV Prasad was quoted by Press Trust of India as saying that the exercise was carried out as part of a user trial by IAF, and was 'fully successful.'

 

However, The New Indian Express reported that domestically developed missile failed to destroy target contradicting the Defence Research and Development Organisation's claims that all mission parameters were met.

 

Akash was supposed to intercept the Italian Mirage aircraft during the test, which was aimed at validating the flight consistency and effectiveness of the missile.

 

An unnamed ITR source told the news agency that the missile failed to intercept the target due to the delay in take-off.

 

The source said: "There was a slight disturbance in simulation following a few seconds delay in take off for which the missile failed to hit the target."

 

The missile also failed to take-off as planned on several occasions in the past as the launcher failed to receive required command in time to fire the missile, according to the news agency.

 

Developed by DRDO and Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) as part of the integrated guided missile development programme (IGMDP), Akash missile is an all-weather surface-to-air missile system capable of engaging aerial threats up to a distance of 25km.

 

Equipped with a launcher, control centre, multi-function fire control radar and supporting ground equipment, the 5.78m-long missile can destroy manoeuvring targets such as unmanned aerial vehicles, fighter aircraft, cruise missiles, and other ballistic missiles launched from helicopters.

 

Capable of reaching speeds of 2.5 Mach, the missile has already entered into IAF's operational service, and is awaiting induction into the Indian Army.

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29 avril 2014 2 29 /04 /avril /2014 11:35
Inde-Pakistan : la course aux armements prend de l’ampleur

 

MOSCOU, 29 avril - RIA Novosti

 

L’Inde avance à grands pas dans la course aux armements : après l’essai du missile de moyenne portée Akash, capable d’intercepter des chasseurs et des missiles de croisière, l’armée de l’air a remporté un nouveau succès avec le missile d’interception Prithvi Defence Vehicle, qui a atteint sa cible dans l’espace extra-atmosphérique. Cette intensification des efforts pour la création d’un « potentiel de dissuasion » intervient à l’approche du duel électoral impliquant le leader de l’opposition et éventuel candidat au poste de premier ministre Narendra Modi, qui tient un discours austère vis-à-vis du Pakistan et de la Chine. La promesse par l’opposition de revoir la doctrine nucléaire de l’Inde si elle arrivait au pouvoir a également fait beaucoup de bruit, écrit mardi le quotidien Kommersant.

 

Le lancement du missile intercepteur Prithvi Defence Vehicle, d’une portée de 2 000 km, a eu lieu au polygone Integrated Test Range à Chandipur, dans le district de Balasore. Trois minutes plus tôt un navire indien se trouvant dans le golfe du Bengale avait lancé un « missile ennemi », qui avait été détecté par Prithvi Defence Vehicle et anéanti à plus de 100 km d’altitude. La cible a été identifiée grâce au réseau informatique, qui avait calculé avec précision la trajectoire du missile et ses coordonnées.

 

L’Inde avait déjà procédé à six essais d’intercepteurs pour abattre des « missiles ennemis » à une altitude comprise entre 30 et 80 km. Le lancement du Prithvi Defence Vehicle s’est tenu quelques jours après les essais du missile Akash de moyenne portée, capable d’éliminer des drones, des chasseurs et des missiles balistiques. Courant avril, le ministère indien de la Défense a même testé le missile de croisière supersonique BraMos d’une portée de 290 km, et le missile Prithvi 2 d’une portée de 350 km.L’Inde et le Pakistan, ennemis géopolitiques jurés, mènent en général leurs essais simultanément. Cette fois, Islamabad a seulement réagi par un essai du missile Hatf III Ghaznavi, d’une portée de 290 km et capable d’embarquer une ogive nucléaire.

 

Cette attention particulière accordée aux essais balistiques s’explique par l’approche des législatives en Inde, dont les résultats seront annoncés le 16 mai. Le favori de la course, le leader du parti Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP : Parti du peuple Indien) Narendra Modi, a toutes les chances de devenir le nouveau premier ministre. Il s’est déjà distingué avec certaines déclarations dures vis-à-vis du Pakistan et d’un autre adversaire régional de l’Inde – la Chine, qui dispose d’un arsenal balistique nucléaire plus conséquent. De plus, l’un des paragraphes du manifeste de campagne du BJP, intitulé « Le programme nucléaire de l’Inde », a fait beaucoup parler de lui. Ce document annonce que la doctrine nucléaire du pays doit être « revue et mise à jour pour répondre aux défis de l’époque ».

 

Certains interprètent cette déclaration comme une allusion au fait que si Narendra Modi arrivait au pouvoir, il renoncerait à l’approche actuelle de l’arme nucléaire, perçue comme défensive par New Delhi. Pour apaiser la tension, Modi a précisé dans une récente interview qu’il n’était pas question de renoncer au principe fondamental de la stratégie défensive du pays : l’arme nucléaire ne sera jamais utilisée pour commettre une première attaque. Cependant, les promesses d’apporter des modifications à la doctrine de défense pourraient entraîner le forçage des programmes de modernisation du potentiel nucléaire balistique. Selon les experts, une telle politique pourrait mener à une nouvelle course aux armements en Asie.

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17 mars 2014 1 17 /03 /mars /2014 17:35
Akash Project DRDO

Akash Project DRDO

 

February 24, 2014 by Shiv Aroor - Livefist

 

DRDO Statement: Akash, the indigenously designed developed and produced surface to air missile for the Indian Army was once again successfully flight tested today at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. These were part of a series of trials being conducted in various engagement modes from the first of the production model system being produced to equip two regiments of the Indian Army. Both, today’s flight destroying a target in receding ting mode, as well as the one conducted on 21st Feb 2014 (video) destroying an approaching target, fully met mission objectives. A few more trials are planned in different engagement modes.

 

The multi target, multi directional, all weather air-defence system consisting of surveillance and tracking radars, control centres and ground support systems mounted on high mobility vehicles for the Army version of Akash is designed to enable integration with other air defence command and control networks through secure communication links. Developed by DRDO, the Army version of Akash is being produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) as the nodal production agency with the involvement of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and a large number of other industries. The total production value of Akash air defence systems cleared for induction by Indian Army and Indian Air force is more than Rs 23,000 crore.

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2 janvier 2012 1 02 /01 /janvier /2012 17:30

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January 02, 2012 orissadiary.com

 

Bhubaneswar: DRDO presents a grand exposition of its technologies and series of invited talks from its leading scientists during the ensuing “99th Indian Science Congress”.Scheduled to be inaugurated by the Prime Minister Dr. Man Mohan Singh tomorrow in Bhubaneswar at the Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) University.

 

Glimpse of technological might of the Defence Research & Development Organisation-DRDO, like the tradition of earlier years, will be on display at the “Pride of India-Science Expo”, a part of the “99th ISC”, where DRDO scientists from over 30 laboratories will be present for lively interactions with the visitors, especially students. The main aim is to present the science and technologies in strategic sector for national security and the excitement of scientific challenges to the young creative minds.

 

The star attractions among the outdoor models are strategic and tactical missiles Agni and Prithvi, Nag, Akash, BrahMos and Astra. The indoor models will cover the entire gamut of R&D in DRDO. Prominent will be India’s own Light Combat Aircraft-Tejas; UAVs NISHANT and Lakshya, Bridging systems Sarvatra& BLT T-72; Autonomous Underwater Vehicle; Torpedoes; and Decoys. Military Communication equipment; Electronic Warfare systems, Night Vision Devices: Microwave Devices; NBC protective systems; Agro-animal technologies and “Packaged Food products” will be the other attractions.

 

A key ingredient of the DRDO presence will be the public lecture “Innovations in Science & Technology - A DRDO Perspective” by the noted scientist and well known expert in missile technologies Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat, SA to RM, Secretary, Department of Defence Research and Director General DRDO, on Wednesday, Jan 04, 2012. He will also interact with the participants of Children’s Science Congress later the day.

 

Dr. W Selvamurthy, Distinguished Scientist and Chief Controller (R&D), will chair a Session on NBC Defence Technologies for Armed Forces and Civilians on Thursday and deliver the Theme Lecture. DRDO has developed many products related to NBC Defence for Service use like NBC Recce Vehicle to monitor and demarcate the contaminated area and transmit the data to the command and control centres for further planning, response and management;NBC water purification system; self-contained underground field shelters to house about 30 men for four days; highly effective antigen kits; individual protective suits and respiratory management and resuscitative devices. Sixty four products/systems have been developed for early detection, personnel protection, decontamination and medical management. Most of these products are already productionised and inducted into armed forces in large quantities. All these items are in production and being used by the Services making the country self-reliant in this vital area. They also have the potential to be used in the civil sector. The session comprises four lectures by Directors of DRDO Laboratories on various aspects of NBC Technologies.

 

The Session II of Women’s Science Congress on Thursday will be chaired by Dr. ShashiBala Singh, Director, DIPAS, Delhi. DrChitraRajagopal, Associate Director, CFEES, Delhi and DrTessy Thomas, Project Director, Agni 4, ASL , Hyderabad will be Co-Chairs. This session will also have lectures by Ms. Nabanita R Krishnan, Director DMIST, DRDO Headquarters and Dr G Rohini Devi, Programme Director, ASL, Hyderabad.

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