Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

[ArjunPandit]

I hope that SMART is one day MIRVd because we can expect other naval assets also nearby and we can take care of a few of them in one go.

naval assets are heavy..unless we are delivering lotus petals from smiling buddha, woudl make sense to deliver a full punch for each

[Ashokk]

https://x.com/detresfa_/status/1998311052065271851

India issues a notification for a likely missile test in the Bay of Bengal region

Date | 17-20 December 2025

[sudhan]

The heading says Serial production. Content says limited production for Operational trials and deployment by 2027-28..
India’s LR-AShM Hypersonic Missile Moves Into Serial Production After Successful Trials
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-det ... ul-Trials/



The system is based on technologies derived from DRDO’s earlier Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV) project, which validated India’s indigenous hypersonic flight and scramjet propulsion technology in 2020 and 2021



Parallel efforts continue within DRDO’s Hypersonic Technology Division to refine scramjet propulsion for reusable flight systems, potentially leading to a family of hypersonic weapons for land and sea-based applications.

I think the author of the article has mixed up the LR-AShM (which from the pictures seemed very clearly non-air breathing) with the air breathing HSTDV which probably is going to be Prj Vishnu..

[Rakesh]

One step forward for Self Reliance, while one Rona-Dhona moment for the MUTUs of BRF.

https://x.com/ajitkdubey/status/1998406 ... 56807?s=20 ---> Big success for the @DRDO_India as its QRSAMS, VSHORADS would be responsible for the protection of the Delhi NCT instead of the American NASAMS-2 planned to be bought earlier.

India to deploy indigenous air defence weapon system to protect Delhi from enemy aerial threats
https://aninews.in/news/national/genera ... 209193601/
09 Dec 2025

[Ashokk]

https://x.com/detresfa_/status/1998803519726588146

India issues a notification extending its danger zone for a likely missile test, the range is near 2,520-km

Date | 17-20 December 2025