Indian Missiles News & Discussions - 30 June 2022

[sudhan]

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This one is not Agni 5 or Agni Prime. Also it is launched from a new sleek canister that I have not seen before.

Canister Says Agni 5.. The MIRV variant of Agni5

[sudhan]

MoD announces successful test firing of LR LACM.

https://x.com/i/status/2066504185772937517

Excellent! Need these inducted in the thousands..

[nash]

Before Monsoon rush !!:

Now LRLACM

https://x.com/SpokespersonMoD/status/20 ... 5772937517

DRDO successfully conducted the flight-test of the indigenously developed Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM) from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island, Odisha. The missile achieved all mission objectives, validating critical technologies and demonstrating India’s growing long-range precision strike capability. Developed with its all sub-systems by #DRDO with strong participation from Indian industry, the successful test is another major step towards #AatmanirbharBharat and a stronger national defence ecosystem.

[JE Menon]

https://sameerjoshi73.medium.com/the-ta ... Type=repub

Fantastic article by Sameer Joshi on Missiles/Drones/UAVs & Air Defence management. Well worth a read.

Apologies if already posted on this or any other thread.

[bala]

Not sure on this claim:

Russia Wants to Buy BrahMos: India’s Missile Power Shocks the World I Aadi

Brahmos has become a hot topic with nations like Phillipines, Vietnam, Indonesia and others getting some from India. This makes the aircraft carrier group of Cheens quite useless in the neighboring seas since they have to maintain a respectful distance from Brahmos (which will completely devastate such deployments) range.

Russia has oodles of rupees laying around and maybe want to expend them for Indian made Brahmos. Russia has its equivalent missiles for a very long time much before Brahmos. It would be interesting if Russia gives a few to N. Korea to scare the pants of Dragon.

[drnayar]

https://sameerjoshi73.medium.com/the-ta ... Type=repub

Fantastic article by Sameer Joshi on Missiles/Drones/UAVs & Air Defence management. Well worth a read.

Apologies if already posted on this or any other thread.

Well researched article !

[sanjaykumar]

It was refreshing to read this knowledgeable and articulate article.

Need to up language skills in English on YouTube.


I wonder if it was helped along by AI?

[Prem Kumar]

Slew of tests by DRDO: LR-AShM, Agni-X, BMD, NASM-MR and now LRLACM

Both NASM-MR and LRLACM use the Manik turbofan. Looks like it has reached maturity/reliability

LRLACM is also much more compact than Nirbhay (6m vs 7.6m) while having a very good range 1000 - 1500 Km. Compares well with Tomahawk

Promises to be a multi-platform, multi-target missile like Brahmos. AoN is there for 14000 Crores (10000 Cr for IAF - roughly 400 missiles & 4000 Cr for IA - roughly 160 missiles). Hope it translates to orders within this year

Per-unit cost is slightly more expensive than the Tomahawk but its cheaper than export-version of Tomahawk. With mass production, we can estimate the unit-cost to easily become 50% of Tomahawk or less.

[Hriday]

In case anyone is interested.
https://x.com/i/status/2066186171059695909

I am redoing the missile test tracker, heres a website link and you can download the raw csv as well. going to update the test dataset as well

sierra711.github.io/indian-missile…

[bala]

BrahMos Aerospace Chief Dr Jaiteerth Joshi gives ‘big update’ on New Versions

[drnayar]

Slew of tests by DRDO: LR-AShM, Agni-X, BMD, NASM-MR and now LRLACM

Both NASM-MR and LRLACM use the Manik turbofan. Looks like it has reached maturity/reliability

LRLACM is also much more compact than Nirbhay (6m vs 7.6m) while having a very good range 1000 - 1500 Km. Compares well with Tomahawk

Promises to be a multi-platform, multi-target missile like Brahmos. AoN is there for 14000 Crores (10000 Cr for IAF - roughly 400 missiles & 4000 Cr for IA - roughly 160 missiles). Hope it translates to orders within this year

Per-unit cost is slightly more expensive than the Tomahawk but its cheaper than export-version of Tomahawk. With mass production, we can estimate the unit-cost to easily become 50% of Tomahawk or less.

The LRLACM costs between $1 million and $1.5 million (approx. Rs 25 crore) per unit. In contrast, the supersonic BrahMos cruise missile costs between $4 - 5 million per unit.

[williams]

Slew of tests by DRDO: LR-AShM, Agni-X, BMD, NASM-MR and now LRLACM

Both NASM-MR and LRLACM use the Manik turbofan. Looks like it has reached maturity/reliability

LRLACM is also much more compact than Nirbhay (6m vs 7.6m) while having a very good range 1000 - 1500 Km. Compares well with Tomahawk

Promises to be a multi-platform, multi-target missile like Brahmos. AoN is there for 14000 Crores (10000 Cr for IAF - roughly 400 missiles & 4000 Cr for IA - roughly 160 missiles). Hope it translates to orders within this year

Per-unit cost is slightly more expensive than the Tomahawk but its cheaper than export-version of Tomahawk. With mass production, we can estimate the unit-cost to easily become 50% of Tomahawk or less.

Hope we make export versions of all and sell it left and right. Make good money as well as improve production tech. Our guys will take their sweet time to buy anything.

[Manish_P]

...
Hope we make export versions of all and sell it left and right. Make good money as well as improve production tech. ...

+1

I have felt for a long time now that we must have a Ministry for military exports under the MoD or under the Ministry of trade & commerce.

At least the babus in such a ministry will have to show exports as their achievements.

Although more likely they will simply show their considerable skills of obfuscation and show MoUs/RFIs/RFPs as sales or do circular accounting.

But hey at least that ministry also will give a chance to the babus, mantris and associates like journos to go on foreign trips.. so worth considering

[bala]

Agni Missile: Power Projection Tested | Defence Dynamics

India’s recent Agni missile test, conducted at night with high secrecy, reinforces the credibility of its nuclear deterrence. The Agni series forms the land-based pillar of India’s nuclear triad, delivering long-range precision strike capability against potential adversaries. This launch was closely watched by Pakistan, China, and the global strategic community. It demonstrates India’s growing indigenous mastery in propulsion, guidance, and re-entry technologies despite past sanctions. In an era of elevated regional tensions, every Agni test strengthens survivability, command and control, and second-strike confidence; key pillars of strategic stability.

[Prem Kumar]

Yes williams & manish_p: waiting for Indian orders is a fool's errand. We have to replicate the Kalyani model on a big scale

[VinodTK]

The new missile order: How India is changing the way it builds its precision arsenal

Long writeup by Times Of India; explains the shift from pure public sector monopoly to a
public / private sector manifacturing model.

[bijeet]

6 Breakthroughs Put India In Missile Elite
https://www.rediff.com/news/report/6-br ... 260623.htm
June 23, 2026