Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14

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Re: Indian Missiles and Munitions Discussion - June'14

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A few years back the AII had repeated flight test failures in Second stage flight.

On 19 May 2009, user trial of Agni-II was undertaken by Indian Army, while DRDO scientists provided required logistical support. The Agni-II missile was tested at 1006 hrs IST from a defence base in Orissa.[12] The missile was test fired from launch pad-4 from Integrated Test Range. Integrated Test Range is the missile testing facility on the Wheeler Island, near Dhamara in the district of Bhadrak. Initially it was announced by Indian media that India has successfully tested the nuclear capable Agni-II missile from a defence base in Orissa. According to official sources, the aim of the test was to give the Indian Army confidence to fire the missile on its own. The May 2009 test however ended in failure of the Agni II[13] when the second stage failed to operate correctly and the missile started to veer wildly off course. In a subsequent re-test at night time on Nov 2009,[14] the missile once again failed completely at the second stage, this time dropping directly into the sea. On 17 May 2010, the missile was flight-tested successfully from Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast. The flight lasted 660 seconds, with the missile achieving its full range, after which it splashed into the sea at the predesignated target.[15] A new navigation system which provides better accuracy as well as the capability, to manoeuvre and defeat anti-ballistic missiles was tested during the trial. This was a training trial by the Indian Army.[6] On 30 September 2011 another successful launch of Agni-II was conducted from Balasore, Orissa. The missile was fired from a rail mobile launcher and struck target 2000 km away within 10 minutes of launch, meeting all the performance parameters of the mission such as velocity, terminal phase, trajectory and destruction of the warhead.[16] Another test was done on 9 August 2012, when the missile was successfully launched from Orissa by the Strategic Forces Command as a part of a training exercise.

On Sunday, 7 April 2013, India again test fired Agni-2 ballistic missile with range of more than 2000 km, from Wheeler Island, Odisha at 10:20 AM. The test was carried out by the Strategic Forces Command of the Indian Army as part of training exercise with logistic support provided by the DRDO. The test was a complete success as per Mr. Prasad, the director of Integrated Test Range.[17]

Half a km into trajectory is very troubling. And indicates a new problem.
Guess we need better description of the issue.
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I hope they arrest the source who specified the reason. Why would anyone want to disclose the time or distance of failure? Rajat is bent on proving himself a moron by not self censoring. Whoever ran the story should get a visit because it is irresponsible, keeping in mind this is SFC and not DRDO.
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In US such flight anomalies are classified once the forces have possession.
To stop this DRDO should not be involved in conducting tests post handover of missiles.
They can be brought into any subsequent investigations.
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ramana wrote:Half a km into trajectory is very troubling. And indicates a new problem.
Guess we need better description of the issue.
cots components? drawing parallels here.
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ramana wrote:In US such flight anomalies are classified once the forces have possession.
To stop this DRDO should not be involved in conducting tests post handover of missiles.
They can be brought into any subsequent investigations.
I'm not aware if SFC tests or user trials are covered under OSA. Imvho, they must.
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Excellent work Shiv ji
Minor nitpick.
The missile is shorter, once the launch engine burns out and ejects. So maybe it is about 8 m, which might mean that the explosion is a good 70m high!

Any person at the receiving end of this will become fried chicken and quickly melt away and turn into ash !
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TOIlet reporting that the Agni-2 missile test 'failed'
The missile was only half a Km into its flight, when things went awry (Did it veer off course) and mission was aborted.
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NAVAREA Warning out for a bunch of days.
May 8, May 9, May 11, May 12 and May 17.

Good to the see the Hydrobharat website back in action.

Any guess what manner of beastie is being tested :?:
NAVAREA VIII – WARNINGS IN FORCE AS ON 04 MAY 2017 ……………….

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DTG 031001Z/MAY
FROM NAVAREA VIII CO-ORDINATOR TO NAVAREA VIII – 371
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INDIA EAST COAST – OFF BALASORE (.) CHARTS 31 351 INT 71 (.) EXPERIMENTAL
FLIGHT TRIAL SCHEDULED ON 08, 09, 11, 12 MAY 17 FROM ITR FROM 0430 - 0830 UTC IN
DANGER ZONE BOUNDED BY 21-22.01N 086-56.44E, 21-09.72N 086-50.76E, 20-52.38N 087-00.72E,
20-44.15N 087-07.59E, 20-37.44N 087-20.52E, 20-51.54N 087-45.93E, 21-20.70N 087-52.92E, 21-27.45N
087-38.07E, 21-29.96N 087-26.58E, 21-31.44N 087-12.66E
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120930 UTC MAY17
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Gagan wrote:TOIlet reporting that the Agni-2 missile test 'failed'
The missile was only half a Km into its flight, when things went awry (Did it veer off course) and mission was aborted.
:cry: Sadly the launch was a failure. Rajat Pandit in Times of India:
"The two-stage, solid-fuelled missile was just half a kilometre into its initial flight trajectory when things went awry. The mission had to be aborted,"

From TOI at below web link.

Trial of Agni-II ballistic missile fails: Sources

Besides tThe Hindu confirms the Agni II launch failure:

Agni II test fire fails desired parameters

ANI via the New Indian Express also confirms the failed launch of Agni 2:

Test fire of Agni II missile fails to meet all desired parameters
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arun wrote:Any guess what manner of beastie is being tested :?:
NAVAREA VIII – WARNINGS IN FORCE AS ON 04 MAY 2017 ……………….

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DTG 031001Z/MAY
FROM NAVAREA VIII CO-ORDINATOR TO NAVAREA VIII – 371
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INDIA EAST COAST – OFF BALASORE (.) CHARTS 31 351 INT 71 (.) EXPERIMENTAL
FLIGHT TRIAL SCHEDULED ON 08, 09, 11, 12 MAY 17 FROM ITR FROM 0430 - 0830 UTC IN
DANGER ZONE BOUNDED BY 21-22.01N 086-56.44E, 21-09.72N 086-50.76E, 20-52.38N 087-00.72E,
20-44.15N 087-07.59E, 20-37.44N 087-20.52E, 20-51.54N 087-45.93E, 21-20.70N 087-52.92E, 21-27.45N
087-38.07E, 21-29.96N 087-26.58E, 21-31.44N 087-12.66E
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120930 UTC MAY17
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pta activity most likely.
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^^^ Thanks, though I think not likely. I say that as my observation is that when PTA's are involved the usual nomenclature used is BPTA while term "Experimental Flight" is reserved for ballistic/cruise missile tests.
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something to learn everyday. thanks.

the area is far too wide for anything "straight-shot". one of the new air-breathers? unit test for timely wing-opening?
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^^^^^^^^
Why is it reported and received as a "Failure", when this wasn't a missile drawn from deployed forces, but rather a test model fired from AJK Island test range?

DRDO is constantly trying out new materials and new constructions, in an attempt to shed weight. It would seem, in this latest test, they found-out that indeed, they can't trim as much weight as they had hoped, with that implementation of whatever change. As a result, the missile "failed"/exploded. But this isn't a "failure" in the same way that it would be if it were a user trial of a deployed missile (with warhead removed). Rather it is a "negative test result" that will provide lessons to build on.

Certainly, the ongoing development isn't only intended to design lighter, faster, heavier-lifting missiles; but also more easily-manufactured missiles with greater reliability, longer shelf life, durability, ruggedness, etc.

Who here can say if the missile was "brand new" manufactured; or if it had been toured cross-country for X-months, to see if it could withstand all that shaking and jarring?

The fact is: Nobody here knows what exactly they were testing, for what reason, and what they had in mind before they let the missile fly. Only by understanding these sorts of things, can anyone comment that the test was a failure.

Understand: I'm not being a Jingo on this count (especially since I'm not qualified, being that I'm Canadian). It's just that the rush to use the word "failure" isn't either informative, or terribly helpful on any score.

JMT.
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so, composite stages are more vulnerable to lasers than say a metallic first stage? I think they were spending a considerable amount of time/effort on making the first stage all composite
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This was an user trial. Maybe QC issues. However, repeated failures would suggest fundamental problems.
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All the more reason to induct A4 and A5.
AII is first Gen and old by now.
Doesn't effect deterrence.
Good they have many options.
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Only bit of *actual* footage from the BrahMos test this week in A&N Islands. (In video released, beginning & end were from earlier test.)

https://twitter.com/livefist/status/860495312112291841
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We need to find a nice name for this babe.
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name for the missile above? call her a Black Head
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srai wrote:NGARM
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Source: Pressto Products
Very similar to Astra AAM.

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arun wrote:NAVAREA Warning out for a bunch of days.
May 8, May 9, May 11, May 12 and May 17.

Good to the see the Hydrobharat website back in action.

Any guess what manner of beastie is being tested :?:
NAVAREA VIII – WARNINGS IN FORCE AS ON 04 MAY 2017 ……………….

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DTG 031001Z/MAY
FROM NAVAREA VIII CO-ORDINATOR TO NAVAREA VIII – 371
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INDIA EAST COAST – OFF BALASORE (.) CHARTS 31 351 INT 71 (.) EXPERIMENTAL
FLIGHT TRIAL SCHEDULED ON 08, 09, 11, 12 MAY 17 FROM ITR FROM 0430 - 0830 UTC IN
DANGER ZONE BOUNDED BY 21-22.01N 086-56.44E, 21-09.72N 086-50.76E, 20-52.38N 087-00.72E,
20-44.15N 087-07.59E, 20-37.44N 087-20.52E, 20-51.54N 087-45.93E, 21-20.70N 087-52.92E, 21-27.45N
087-38.07E, 21-29.96N 087-26.58E, 21-31.44N 087-12.66E
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 120930 UTC MAY17
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Something within a 100 km range ........... Intersting shape of warning area .... never seen such a one .

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Maybe astra or akash tests vs target drones
Could be pinaka2 also
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Circular flight path, perhaps?
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Yagnasri wrote:We need to find a nice name for this babe.
I suggest "Samosa' because ngarm is like "naya" and "garam"
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What do you call needle in Sanskrit? Is the Radar is the eye, this missile in a needle in the eye of the enemy.
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Sure lets call it suchi :rotfl: or suchika, suchini :mrgreen:
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This new missile must be atleast 4 meter long.
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NGARM looks identical to Astra. If dimensions, weight distribution and aero-package are same then it shouldn't need to duplicate carriage or drop/cold-separation trials.
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Hopefully it was not Astra itself incorrectly labeled NGRAM?
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Indranil wrote:...

NGARM (details from various tenders):

Weight :600 kgs
Length :5150 mm
Dia : 315 mm
Wingspan : 957 mm (wings do fold)
Cool fact: NGARM team's punchline: Dare to emit.

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NGARM seems to match the above schematics.
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Do they build these dummy missiles for foundational design, wind-tunnel and aero-dynamics testing? I went to their site and saw pictures of quite a few Akash dummies....
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kurup wrote:........... Intersting shape of warning area .... never seen such a one .
You can say that again. Interesting and unseen :!:
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NGRAM seems improved version of KH-58. Might have a range of 300km+
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Some of the images on the pressto site are disturbing. The workshop is definitely not a dust free environment. They appear to be working with fiberglass dummies for fabricating launcher frames? The structures are already rusty and no pictures of treatment before painting... In one of the pics, you can see bhajjis next to the missile. :eek: Sorry to say, but this is classic Khadi Gram udyog. Machining and finishing could be better given some help and training. Even in Peenya, one could see better work done for local Indian firms.
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Gyan wrote:NGRAM seems improved version of KH-58. Might have a range of 300km+
Probably similar ranges of 250km (or more). NGARM is slightly thinner but slightly longer. Weight is similar at 600kg. Some reports have stated that NGARM uses similar "bulky" Russian seeker as the one on Kh-58, and hence larger missile size.

The size of NGARM indicates there will be more variations of this missile: multi-purpose stand-off ASM and AShM. At 600kg (half the weight of Brahmos-M), even a LCA would be able to carry two to four of them. There could even be ground-based or naval ship-based variants.
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Marten wrote:Some of the images on the pressto site are disturbing. The workshop is definitely not a dust free environment. They appear to be working with fiberglass dummies for fabricating launcher frames? The structures are already rusty and no pictures of treatment before painting... In one of the pics, you can see bhajjis next to the missile. :eek: Sorry to say, but this is classic Khadi Gram udyog. Machining and finishing could be better given some help and training. Even in Peenya, one could see better work done for local Indian firms.
This seems to a be a normal metal fabrication plant. I have been to a few like this including some which manufactured stuff for BHEL, BEL, some tanks, bmp components etc. Very few have clean rooms or tfta premises. Most of them are iso certified though.
Not justifying it, just saying what I have seen.
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Looks like they make metal shells of various missiles and may be one of many sme given the job to build scale.
While not exactly tfta it must be ok if the integrators like bel bdl and rci are ok with their output.

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Singha wrote:Looks like they make metal shells of various missiles and may be one of many sme given the job to build scale.
While not exactly tfta it must be ok if the integrators like bel bdl and rci are ok with their output.

Not everything needs electronic industry stds
Actually if you analyse carefully, a clean machining room is an oxymoron.
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And if this vendor somehow manages to sustain a dustfree environment, he will never be able win a drdo/dpsu tender in competitive bidding. His airconditioning costs alone will ensure that he is never L1.
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