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Indian Missiles -- News Folder -- June 2003
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Latest Test Brings India's Akash Missile Close to User Trials, Official Says
(Defense News, 10 June 2003)
India on June 10 again tested the indigenously developed Akash, its medium-range, surface-to-air missile, from a range at Balasore, in the eastern state of Orissa. It was the third firing within the last two weeks for the Akash, which also was tested May 29 and June 2. The fast pace of testing has brought the missile close to the user-trial stage, an Indian Defence Ministry official said June 10. "User trials for over 95 percent of [the missile's] parameters are complete," added the official. The two-stage Akash has a 25-kilometer range and is guided by ground radar and an on-board precision guidance system. The missile is designed to defend large installations, including air fields, against enemy air attacks, the Defence Ministry official said.
The Akash is a mobile missile system that can be deployed from many terrains. The 650-kilogram missile has the capacity to carry a 50-kilogram payload and uses integrated two-stage ramjet propulsion technology. The missile is one of five India is developing. The Akash could be used against Pakistan’s short-range ballistic missiles by modifying the guidance modifications, which are undergoing testing, said a scientist with India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, which is developing the missile.
(Defense News, 10 June 2003)
India on June 10 again tested the indigenously developed Akash, its medium-range, surface-to-air missile, from a range at Balasore, in the eastern state of Orissa. It was the third firing within the last two weeks for the Akash, which also was tested May 29 and June 2. The fast pace of testing has brought the missile close to the user-trial stage, an Indian Defence Ministry official said June 10. "User trials for over 95 percent of [the missile's] parameters are complete," added the official. The two-stage Akash has a 25-kilometer range and is guided by ground radar and an on-board precision guidance system. The missile is designed to defend large installations, including air fields, against enemy air attacks, the Defence Ministry official said.
The Akash is a mobile missile system that can be deployed from many terrains. The 650-kilogram missile has the capacity to carry a 50-kilogram payload and uses integrated two-stage ramjet propulsion technology. The missile is one of five India is developing. The Akash could be used against Pakistan’s short-range ballistic missiles by modifying the guidance modifications, which are undergoing testing, said a scientist with India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation, which is developing the missile.
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India tests upgraded SAM
(Intelligence Online, 13 June 2003)
India has successfully mated a radar-activated air-defence system with an improved version of the Russian-made Igla surface-to-air missile, and the new product was tested at the Gopalpur-at-Sea testing range in the first week of June. Igla-19K310 is a shoulder-fired missile that can target fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, but the Indian Army wanted its optimal utilisation by mating it with the Bofors L-70 air-defence gun which is activated by a realtime Flycatcher radar. Officials said that the idea originated from the artillery which found the shoulder-fired, visually-sighted Igla inaccurate and slow as compared to a radar-activated system, and the improvised L-70 missile system could be likely deployed against Pakistani UAVs intruding in Jammu and Kashmir, although the army has other uses for it.
(Intelligence Online, 13 June 2003)
India has successfully mated a radar-activated air-defence system with an improved version of the Russian-made Igla surface-to-air missile, and the new product was tested at the Gopalpur-at-Sea testing range in the first week of June. Igla-19K310 is a shoulder-fired missile that can target fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters, but the Indian Army wanted its optimal utilisation by mating it with the Bofors L-70 air-defence gun which is activated by a realtime Flycatcher radar. Officials said that the idea originated from the artillery which found the shoulder-fired, visually-sighted Igla inaccurate and slow as compared to a radar-activated system, and the improvised L-70 missile system could be likely deployed against Pakistani UAVs intruding in Jammu and Kashmir, although the army has other uses for it.
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