India Carries Out Maiden Flight-Test of Sea-Based Ballistic Missile Defence Interceptor

The DRDO and Indian Navy successfully tested a sea-based endo-atmospheric interceptor missile off the coast of Odisha on SaturdayIndia has successfully carried out the maiden flight trial of an endo-atmospheric interceptor missile from a ship off the coast of Odisha in the Bay of Bengal as part of its ambitious ballistic missile defence program.The defence ministry said the purpose of the trial

April 22, 2023
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BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missile On High Demand

The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile jointly developed by India and Russia is attracting a wide range of customers, although only countries “friendly” to New Delhi and Moscow will be able purchase it, the CEO of BrahMos Aerospace, Atul Rane, told RT.“The BrahMos weapon system has no parallel,” Rane said in an interview published on Monday.“It has massive advantages: speed; time; almost no

April 19, 2023
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Securing North East: India To Build Missile Deterrent; China Deployed Air To Surface Missiles Near Siliguri Corridor

Pralay is a cannisterised tactical, surface-to-surface, short-range ballistic battlefield missileIndian National Security planners have decided to secure the North East States with conventionally armed short-range ballistic missiles like Pralay with a max range of 500 kms and conventionally armed subsonic cruise missile Nirbhay with a max range of 1500 kms. India also has other conventionally

April 18, 2023
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India Issues NOTAM; Likely To Conduct Multiple Missile Tests Next Week

Land attack BrahMos supersonic cruise missile being launched by stealth destroyer INS ChennaiIndia is likely to conduct multiple missile tests from the Abdul Kalam Islands off the coast of Orissa in the Indian Ocean, next week.According to two Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM, issued by India, a missile test is scheduled between 24 April and 29 April, while the other test is scheduled between 26 April

April 18, 2023
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Nuke Triad Proven, India To Build Conventional Missile Deterrent

Pralay conventionally armed short range ballistic missileGiven vulnerability on Siliguri corridor and ceremonial military force of Bhutan, India has decided to secure North-East with Pralay and Nirbhay missilesAfter securing a “minimum credible nuclear deterrent” with a proven nuclear triad, the Narendra Modi government is moving towards a robust conventional warhead missile deterrent to ward off

April 17, 2023
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India Moving Towards Creating Rocket Force, Defence Services To Acquire Around 250 More ‘Pralay’ Ballistic Missiles

‘Pralay’, a quasi ballistic surface to surface missileNew Delhi: In a giant leap towards creating a strong rocket force to tackle the threat from the northern borders, Indian defence forces are set to place orders for two more units of the Pralay ballistic missiles at the cost of over Rs 7,500 crore.The move comes after the Defence Ministry in December last year cleared one unit of these missiles

April 16, 2023
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Anti-Submarine Rocket Developed By ARDE With Extended Range of 8.5 km Test Fired Successfully From INS Chennai

The Armament Research And Development Establishment (ARDE) in association with the High Energy Materials Research Laboratory (HEMRL) has successfully developed an Extended Range Anti-Submarine Rocket (ER-ASR) to enhance the range of existing RGB-60 Anti Submarine Rocket from 5.3 km to 8.0+ kms. ERASR consists of two motor propulsion systems which can fire the rocket in Short Range mode and Long

April 6, 2023
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BrahMos Missile Batteries To Be Deployed Strategically To Tackle Maritime Threats From China, Pakistan

New Delhi: The Indian Navy would deploy its recently-approved BrahMos supersonic cruise missile-equipped mobile coastal batteries at strategic locations across the maritime zone to neutralise threats from both east or the west, former Navy Chief Vice Admiral Satish N Ghormade said on Saturday.The mobile coastal missile batteries were cleared by the Defence Ministry recently and a contract was

April 1, 2023
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All About Amogha-III Anti-Tank Missile Built By Bharat Dynamics

Amogha-III controlled launch unitThe Amogha anti tank missile family includes Amogha-I, Amogha-II and Amogha-IIIby Joseph P ChackoBharat Dynamics Ltd. (BDL), the Indian state missile manufacturer, successfully field-fired a fire-and-forget man-portable anti-tank guided missile called Amogha-III on March 26, 2023. According to the company’s statement on social media, all of the mission objectives

March 29, 2023
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Trials of BrahMos-NG A Lighter Version The Supersonic Cruise Missile To Begin In Late 2024

The trials of BrahMos-NG, a lighter and smaller variant of the existing air-launched BrahMos, will begin in late 2024, Atul Dinkar Rane, BrahMos Aerospace CEO and Managing Director, has said."We are working on that [BrahMos-NG] right now. We will start testing that by the end of next year." Rane has been quoted as saying."We have to make it [missile] smaller," he said, adding that the next

March 26, 2023
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