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Revealed: India's Newest Air Defense System ( Source- The Diplomat / Author- Franz Stefan-Gady)

Akash SAM ( Image source- Wikimedia Commons / Credits- Unknown) Source- The Diplomat Author- Franz Stefan-Gady Yesterday, the Indian Army inducted the Akash mid-range surface-to-air missile (SAM) system after a wait of 32 years, IBNLive reported. The Akash (“Sky”) is an indigenously designed medium-range mobile surface-to-air missile defense system, whose surface-to-air supersonic missiles (armed with 60 kg high-explosive, pre-fragmented warheads) can engage aerial targets up to a distance of 25 km and at altitudes up to 18 km. According to the developers (the Indian Defense Research and Development Organization, the Ordnance Factories Board, and Bharat Electronics), the new weapon is a multi-target, multi-directional, all weather air-defense system and can provide air defense missile coverage for an area of 2,000 square km. The army version of the SAM system consists “of surveillance and tracking radars, control centers and ground support systems mounted on h

Agni-5 successfully launched from a cannister ( Video, Credits- DRDO)

Agni-5 launch from Cannister ( Video credits- DRDO)

India’s ‘Annihilator of Enemies’ Submarine Begins Sea Trials ( Source- The National Interest, Author- Zachary Keck)

INS Arihant ( Image credits- DRDO/Indian Navy) Source- The National Interest Author- Zachary Keck India’s first indigenous ballistic missile nuclear submarine (SSBN) began its maiden sea trials today, a senior Indian defense official announced. On Monday, Indian Defense Minister Manohar Parrikar announced that  INS Arihant --which roughly translates to “annihilator of enemies”-- pulled out of Visakhapatnam Harbor this morning to begin its long awaited first sea trials.  The Hindu   described in the scene  in unusually poetic language, writing, “ INS Arihant,  with a helicopter flying over it, emerged from the breakwaters into the Bay of Bengal even as low hanging mist made it difficult to view the submarine. The submarine glided in [the] Bay partially submerged as part of its sea trials. INS Arihant  majestically sailed north in the Bay along the coast, partially submerged. After about an hour later it disappeared into the mist.” In some ways, the event was decade

Navies of friendly countries keen on Indian sonars ( Source/ Copy Right- The Hindu, Author- Y. Mallikarjun)

Indian Navy Fleet ( Image credits- Indian Navy)  Source/ Copy Right- The Hindu Author- Y. Mallikarjun India is looking to export indigenously developed hull-mounted sonars and negotiations are at an advanced stage with the navies of three to four friendly nations. SONAR (an acronym for Sound Navigation and Ranging) is used to detect underwater targets. Like radar, used to detect long-range aerial and other targets, sonars have applications in underwater surveillance, communication and marine navigation. Three units of these sonars have been exported to Myanmar. Officials from Bharat Electronics Limited and the Naval Physical and Oceanographic Laboratory visited the neighbouring country and installed them a fortnight ago. BEL produced the sonars while the Kochi-based NPOL, a naval lab of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), designed and developed them. BEL had signed the Rs.150-crore contract for the three sonars with Myanmar in January 2013. D

Meet India's New Nuclear Cruise Missile ( Source- The Diplomat, Author- Ankit Panda)

Nirbhay Cruise Missile ( Image credits- DRDO) Source link- The Diplomat Author- Ankit Panda On Friday, India successfully test fired an indigenously developed nuclear-capable sub-sonic cruise missile dubbed the “Nirbhay.” The missile has a range of 700-1,000 kilometers and is ultimately expected to take up the role of a nuclear delivery device for India’s strategic deterrence. Nirbhay, like so many other indigenous Indian defense technologies, was developed by the state-run Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The Diplomat reported on the preparation for the Nirbhay’s testing earlier this year. What sets Nirbhay apart from other missile technologies in use or being tested by India is its high degree of maneuverability, rendering it a particularly potent nuclear device delivery vehicle. This is typical of cruise missiles (a shining example of which would be the United States’ Tomahawk), but not of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) such as India’s

India test-fires nuclear-capable Nirbhay cruise missile (Source- The Times of India)

Nirbhay Misile ( Image credits- DRDO) Source- The Times of India BALASORE (Odisha): India's indigenously developed nuclear capable sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay', which can strike targets more than 700 kms away, was today test-fired from a test range at Chandipur near here. "The missile was test-fired from a mobile launcher positioned at launch pad 3 of the Integrated Test Range at about 10.03 hours," said an official soon after the flight took off from the launch ground. "Flight details will be available after data retrieved from radars and telemetry points, monitoring the trajectories, are analysed," the official said. It is the second test of the sub-sonic long range cruise missile 'Nirbhay' from the ITR. The maiden flight, conducted on March 12, 2013 could not achieve all the desired parameters as "the flight had to be terminated mid-way when deviations were observed from its intended course," sources sa

India to test missiles including long-range Agni-V ( Copy Right @ The Want China Times)

Agni-5 ( Image credits- DRDO) Source- Want China Times India's Defence Research and Development Organization under the country's defense ministry is preparing to test various intercontinental ballistic missiles with the ability to attack targets in the Far East, Africa and even Europe according to the official website of the People's Liberation Army's China Defense Science and Technology Information Center. A source from the Indian military said that the country is ready to test three types of Agni intercontinental missiles after the launch of the Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile in November. The missiles include the Agni-II, with a range 2,000 kilometers, and perhaps even the Agni-IV, with a range of 4,000 km, the source said, while the Defence Research and Development Organization said the Agni-V, estimated to have a range of 5,000-8,000 kilometers, will be tested as well. The Agni-V's first test was in April 2012. On Sept. 15, the Agni-V complete

Strategising India’s Defence Exports ( Copy Right @ The IDSA, Author- Laxman K. Behera)

Akash Missile ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons/ Author) Unleashing further defence industrial reforms, the Department of Defence Production (DDP) announced in early September a Strategy for Defence Exports (SDE) followed by a set of standard operating procedures (SOP) for issue of no objection certificate (NOC) for export of military stores by the Indian defence industry. These two initiatives, which come after the government raised the benchmark defence FDI cap from earlier 26 per cent to 49 per cent, and simplified and streamlined the defence industrial licensing process, are part of the larger reform process for incentivising indigenous arms manufacturing and achieving higher self-reliance. The commentary examines some of the salient features of defence exports reforms. While doing so, it also looks at some of the grey areas that need consideration by the policy makers. It is noteworthy to mention that the SDE is not a policy document as has often been demanded by various com

Boost for defence as licensed items list reduced by 60% ( Copy Right @ The Economic Times)

LCA Tejas ( Image credits- Wikimedia Commons/Rinju9) The government has spelt out the industrial licensing policy for defence production, listing items that will require permission to manufacture in a measure that industry and officials say would help encourage new players in the sector and boost investment.  Anything not mentioned on the list can be manufactured by the industry without a licence from the government. The government has reduced the items requiring industrial licences by about 60%. "All products like castings, assemblies, etc. have been removed," an official at the department of industrial policy & promotion (DIPP) said.  "It is a breakthrough in giving thrust to manufacturing in the economy." This clarification will open many defence goods not covered by industrial licensing to foreign direct investment (FDI). FDI in defence is currently capped at 26%, but according to experts, many of the goods previously classified as defence-related may n

DRDO's AEW&C: Salient features of the indigenous warning system (Info courtesy The Economic Times)

Pic Courtesy- Wikimedia and the author http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/infrastructure/drdos-aewc-salient-features-of-the-indigenous-warning-system/drdos-aewc-salient-features/slideshow/29191375.cms