Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14

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Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14

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Just use one of these sites.
http://members.home.nl/7seas/radcalc.htm
for 100 km its nearly 1300 km away.
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That is obviously the radar horizon and works for radars that can see that far and are of course looking that high. Those will be your dedicated BMD radars. If you're planning to do AMD you will have to orient your radars to pick lower flying air breathing targets as well. Range performance given a CSWaP is also band dependent and the discrimination challenge you are trying to defeat. For very long range and search volume you will go for a lower frequency sensor while for best discrimination you would want a high frequency sensor.

High frequency sensors in turn require a boat load of power (for a given range) and are very expensive. Two large BMD radars within that trade space are the AN/TPY-2, that gives you the best discrimination at X-Band but isn't powerful enough to cover an extremely large threat area (such as ICBM profiles comping into western half of the US). For that the Stacked TPY-2 would have grown by a factor of nearly 3 and would have been too expensive. The compromise was to sacrifice discrimination and go for an S-Band sensor (LRDR) that gets the required coverage at an acceptable cost and technical complexity.
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what is it that you do for a living brar? damn I enjoy reading your knowledgeable posts! I disagree from it from time to time, but you make excellent points.
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prasannasimha wrote: See the hit to kill image

https://t.co/8XdB0d40AB
That image is from Jerusalem post - Iron Dome allegedly..
http://www.jpost.com/Operation-Protecti ... lon-368907
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Katare wrote:Beyond 80km altitude the sky is black not blue so that hit to kill pic had to be something much closer to the earth cannot be exo intercept. The kill picture at those distance could only be a telemetry snap. Have we seen any high altitude interception picture in optical spectrum with or without blue sky from anywhere?
That was my thought too....
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here is one of thaad taking on a scud type target in infra red



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I believe the YAL1 b747 laser plane had a IIR sensor on the roof with a range of "several hundred kms" picking up hot missile targets against cold sky in lookup mode. so this could have been used from a airborne platform to record these tests.

its on the roof

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Indranil wrote:
ramana wrote:finally got rid of the liquid fuel Prithvi engine based on SA-2.

So PDV is single stage ABM missile? And goes to 120 km. i.e. ~400k feet

Great job.
It is two-staged, both solid. In the latest picture, you can see the two stages distinctly. I think what has also happened in the last test, and missed by all reporters is that in this latest iteration, the lower stage has become all-composite.

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Also note the front fairing separates to allow the IIR sensor to view the incoming target allows lower cost sensor. And no sapphire crystal window.
Another report said target was awry yet PDV engaged it. Shows enough energy margin to take on maneuvering targets.
Any details of incoming 2K target. It's two stage and launched from ship.
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Target is probably a modified Dhanush
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Aditya_V wrote:Target is probably a modified Dhanush
Two stage?
Both PDV and target are solid fueled.
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Modified Dhanush to be 2 stage solid fueled missile, any other thoughts Prahaar, Pontoon launched k4? or even better INS Arindham launched K4?
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Singha wrote:I believe the YAL1 b747 laser plane had a IIR sensor on the roof with a range of "several hundred kms" picking up hot missile targets against cold sky in lookup mode. so this could have been used from a airborne platform to record these tests.

its on the roof
That's a modified Lockheed IRST-21 system. On the top they housed the active laser ranging pod. The IRST was to be on one of the wings iirc.
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^^ are you sure ? the irst21 is seen on f15 and now f18 centerline pod. but I recall reading of the YAL1 sensor in AWST around 15 years ago when it was in his heydey. could it be the famed texas instruments IIR pod seen on the 14D bombcat? that fits in more with my timeline
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/im ... yr5jtk.jpg

you are right about the distributed nature of the IR sensor...the roof thing was a ranging laser
https://i1.wp.com/www.jimonlight.com/wp ... /yal11.gif
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Singha wrote:^^ are you sure ? the irst21 is seen on f15 and now f18 centerline pod. but I recall reading of the YAL1 sensor in AWST around 15 years ago when it was in his heydey. could it be the famed texas instruments IIR pod seen on the 14D bombcat? that fits in more with my timeline
https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/im ... yr5jtk.jpg

you are right about the distributed nature of the IR sensor...the roof thing was a ranging laser
https://i1.wp.com/www.jimonlight.com/wp ... /yal11.gif

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At 90 Kms sky is black for a viewer in space. Not for a viewer from earth with sun's light passing through the atmosphere. Think about it when I lift my head up during the day do I see black or blue? I font see a shell of black even when flying at 12000 meters in a plane. If you see any launch tracking and telemetry from earth the sky is blue during day time.
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prasannasimha wrote:At 90 Kms sky is black for a viewer in space. Not for a viewer from earth with sun's light passing through the atmosphere. Think about it when I lift my head up during the day do I see black or blue? I font see a shell of black even when flying at 12000 meters in a plane. If you see any launch tracking and telemetry from earth the sky is blue during day time.
Actually when you zoom in to a distant object the sky looks darker and darker - almost black. Watch space shuttle launch videos. In fact dark background sky is true even for extreme zoomed in aircraft videos in Aero India when the sky isand clear
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Peer up diagonally via window from a flying ac at 35000ft. The top part of sky is dark blue tending toward black.

At 70000ft mg25ish u2ish play i read its pitch black and one see stars above
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Finally got to know the full form of the acronym PROSPINA: PROduct Support and Product Improvement of NAg missile system.
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Singha wrote:Peer up diagonally via window from a flying ac at 35000ft. The top part of sky is dark blue tending toward black.

At 70000ft mg25ish u2ish play i read its pitch black and one see stars above
This also shows the different colors



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^ Yes that is exactly what I am saying - the portion you are peering through dense atmosphere remains blue.
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^^^Is the above discussion related to "Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussions"? If not, does it belong here?
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The desi JDAM is nearing fruition. It was first revealed in Tech Focus a few years ago.

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Now, more details have emerged.

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Photo credits go to Prasun Sengupta, but he has wrongly reported it as SAAW. It is definitely a kit for 450 kg HSLD. Would the people going to Aero India inquire if this is Garuda, or is it a separate project?
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450kg HSLD mated to the Griffin guidance kit.
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Photo credit: Prasun Sengupta.
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Looks like the QRSAM systems will be mounted on the Tata 8X8s and the missile launch vehicle will carry 6 canisterized SAMs

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Interesting that Russian fuze
AVU-EtM is used.

What happened to ARDE developed fuzes for HSLD?
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Indranil wrote:Looks like the QRSAM systems will be mounted on the Tata 8X8s and the missile launch vehicle will carry 6 canisterized SAMs

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Will these be based on the Astra?
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Aditya_V wrote:Modified Dhanush to be 2 stage solid fueled missile, any other thoughts Prahaar, Pontoon launched k4? or even better INS Arindham launched K4?
Isn't Dhanush name for the ship borne missile launch pad stabilisation system for Prithvi ? I don't think Dhanush is a different missile from Prithvi.
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What is the background of QR_SAM development? Completely in-house or part of some JV? How much does the missile vary from AKASH missile in terms of dimensions and weight?

BTW - from what I understand, QR_SAM came about because Akash could not fill the mobility related requirement. One look at the specs, especially the range part, and you see there is an overlap in performance. But with QR_SAM having the addition feature of scan/track on the move and fire with short-halt.

While Akash has been absorbed in large number by IAF, it is likely that IA might remain at 2 x regiments and QR_SAM might proliferate in IA.
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MANPAD ATGM of 3rd Gen. 14kg weight with IIR seeker.


https://twitter.com/delhidefence/status ... 8879566850
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JayS wrote:MANPAD ATGM of 3rd Gen. 14kg weight with IIR seeker.


https://twitter.com/delhidefence/status ... 8879566850
See the bottom of the pic "Other projects undertaken": QRSAM, NGARM, SFDR, SLCM and XRSAM. Wonder what is the XRSAM ? And could SLCM refer to sub-launched Brahmos ?
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^^ I will try to find out when I visit AeroIndia.

Meanwhile,

Saurav Jha @SJha1618
Anyway, ARDE says the latest guided Pinaka tests demonstrated a CEP of just 8.5 metres at a range of 65 km
This is awesome.
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rohitvats wrote:
BTW - from what I understand, QR_SAM came about because Akash could not fill the mobility related requirement.
And/Or the system response time..??
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rohitvats wrote:What is the background of QR_SAM development? Completely in-house or part of some JV?
In house
How much does the missile vary from AKASH missile in terms of dimensions and weight?
assume trishul dimensions, upsized for astra tech, namely active seeker, datalink, FOG, motor.
BTW - from what I understand, QR_SAM came about because Akash could not fill the mobility related requirement. One look at the specs, especially the range part, and you see there is an overlap in performance. But with QR_SAM having the addition feature of scan/track on the move and fire with short-halt.
akash will move to akash NG
While Akash has been absorbed in large number by IAF, it is likely that IA might remain at 2 x regiments and QR_SAM might proliferate in IA.
that's the intent but recent reports suggest akash may get a second look
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MMSR has moved to the new QRSAM radar. Nice.
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BTW, 4 panels and 120km AESA, high power density and full coverage, no rotating stuff. great design from LRDE if they can pull it off.
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rohitvats wrote:What is the background of QR_SAM development? Completely in-house or part of some JV? How much does the missile vary from AKASH missile in terms of dimensions and weight?
QR-SAM was taken up in house after the Maitri project with the French went nowhere. The first prototype is based on the Astra Mk1 missile. So, that should give you an idea of the dimensions and weight.

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Karan M wrote:BTW, 4 panels and 120km AESA, high power density and full coverage, no rotating stuff. great design from LRDE if they can pull it off.
You're referring to the Battery-Multi Function Radar in the above diagram of QR_SAM? So, its an AESA. I was wondering where is the radar mast and antenna. Being an AESA explains it. What about Battery - Surveillance Radar? From the pic, it also looks an AESA.
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Rohit - this will be the BSR i think.
https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4eSFSI61w0Y/ ... MRSR-2.jpg
Or this:
http://i.imgur.com/7LVLgkV.png

BFCR is a variant of the second too. So they could make two variants - one higher powered (80 km) and second one (120km).
Second radar program progressed to a high level, then was subsumed into QRSAM program.
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