Prahaar Short Range Tactical Missile System

[nitesh]

There can never be transperency in DRDO and DPSU unless user is incorprated at decision and supervisional levels with them. In USA Services are part of development teams even with Private Sectors. Here back home that is missing even if all are under on MoD roof. MoD mendarins are one of the three agencies.

DRDO of late has been scuttling direct imports by claiming they will invent and then make it. Leave aside IGMDP, all other spheres have same story.

You do not know how much people of India whish you success and how much the soldiers look upto that fat DRDO.

Har saakh pe Ullu Baitha hai - is the famous Indian proverb.

I only meant this much and please do not take any other meaning.

IN has it's own team looking over the project, same is with IA and IAF, please don't blame DRDO for all the ills, every one has hand in it.

 

[agentperry]

any body remember the january 22 scheduled test of sagarika missile.no news of it till now.... anybody got any type of info pls share....

 

[Godless-Kafir]

 

[LETHALFORCE]

..:: India Strategic ::.. India tests 'Prahaar', a new, short range missile

India tests 'Prahaar', a new, short range missile


India successfully tested a new, short range Surface to Surface (SS) missile today to attack targets as near as 40 km with destructive power. Its maximum range is 150 km.

Designated Prahaar in Hindi, or Strike, this was the first test of the new missile and there would be some more to establish its required parameters before induction with the Indian Army and Air Force units. The missile can be launched from its canisters within two to three minutes without much preparations, and can also be ferried on road and rail mobile launchers.
The missile has been described as a Quick Reaction (QR) system.

India has an advanced home grown missile programme now, which took time to develop, but is now maturing rapidly with various missiles being tested or developed from 40 to 5000 km.

Today's test, conducted from a test range off Cgandipore in the Bay of Bengal, was described as "a great launch" by Director General V K Saraswat of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), which began the indigenous missile development programme 25 years ago under the leadership of Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, who later rose to become the country's President.

Powered by solid fuel propelllents, Prahar has a length of 7.3 metres, diameter of 420 mm, and weighs 1280 km. It takes about 250 seconds to reach a target 150 km away. It carries a payload of 200 kg.

It is an all weather, all terrain, accurate targeting weapon and can be fired in salvos of six from its launchers.
It is not known if the new missile will be armed with small, tactical nuclear bombs but it is the officially declared policy of the Indian Government that India would not use nuclear weapons first, and never against non-nuclear countries.

DRDO scientists however said that there would be an attempt to reduce the weight of the missile as the tests progress. Reduced weight of the propellant rocket would compensate for higher explosive package.

DRDO spokesperson Ravi Gupta said that the Prahar "is developed to provide Indian Army a cost effective, quick reaction, all weather, all terrain, high accurate battle field support tactical system. The development of the missile has been executed within a short span of less than two years."test was witnessed by Dr Saraswat and Lt Gen Vinod Nayanar DG Artillery. India's top missile scientists Avinash Chander, Chief Controller, VLN Rao, Programme Director, S K Ray, Director RCI (or Research Centre Imarat) and S P Sash, Director Interim Test Range (ITR), oversaw the test operations.

The flight path of the missile during the test was tracked and monitored by the various radar systems and Electro Optical systems located along the coast of Orissa. An Indian naval ship located near the target point in Bay of Bengal witnessed the final event. The missile was developed by the DRDO Scientists with support from Indian Industry partners like Larsen & Toubro and Quality assurance agency MSQAA.

 

[Pandora]

 

[plugwater]

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[nrj]

@PG Its okay for now. We own all those domains. Just need to check redirects.

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@Pandora

Defenceforum.in or defenceforumindia.com

 

[Pandora]

^^^Copyright defenceforumindia.com

Sorry mate. but i think .in too is DFI domain ...

 

[plugwater]

Sorry mate. but i think .in too is DFI domain ...

Np mate. If you could please add LM's GMRLS's rocket and Israel's rocket(sorry i dont know the name) in the chart.

 

[JAISWAL]

Prahaar awaits Army intent; DRDO luring IAF, Navy

Tarmak007 -- A bold blog on Indian defence: Prahaar awaits Army intent; DRDO luring IAF, Navy
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Prahaar in Sanskrit stands for 'Strike.' And, it struck where it matters the most during its maiden launch in July this year.
Kept under wraps until then, Prahaar is an offshoot of India's Air Defence (AD) programme, with the scientists converting the endo-atmospheric interceptor, into a brand new tactical battlefield support missile. The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) launched the project sans sanction (no
user requirements and approved budgets) in July 2010. One year later, the missile with a range of 150 km was successfully demonstrated to the Indian Army.
Tough to be detected owing to its high maneuvering capabilities, Prahaar is a quick reaction missile, which can be used against targets between 50-150 km.
Currently the DRDO is in talks with the Indian Army on the deployment philosophies and their needs, apart from generating confidence of the user, which is always a commodity in short supply.
DRDO claims that the user 'has shown a lot of interest' taking into account its cost- effectiveness and the sheer numbers by which it can be fielded.
"The futuristic tactical operations will increasingly require long-range stand-off weapons with high accuracy and short reaction time to neutralize time critical targets. Prahaar can be be adapted to existing maritime platform as well as to an aircraft increasing its utility. It can neutralize the identified targets, provide effective counter force system and serve as an affordable solution to the future battlefield requirements," sources said.
The missile is capable of carrying multiple warheads, has very fast reaction capability from mission command to execute the launch. "With all weather, day and night launch capability, Prahaar's range, if launched from an aircraft (read as Sukhoi), can be extended up to 350 km. This is quite feasible as the missile has less weight, diameter and radar cross section. As of now, we
are waiting for a Letter of Intent (LoI) from the Army," sources said.
Once the Army gives the LoI, the missile will have to undergo 10-12 trials to fine tune its effectiveness with different warheads. "The missiles are controlled and guided from lift off to impact and maneuver continuously so that the prediction of both launch point and impact point are difficult. Multiple launchers can be linked together to form a missile battery to deliver simultaneous multi-axis saturation attack on the target," sources said.
Prahaar is capable of carrying a variety of warheads like pre-fragmented, incendiary sub-munitions, runway-denial sub-munitions, smart munitions and thermobaric (a fuel-air bomb, which produces a blast wave for longer period) warheads. Since the missile uses solid propulsion systems, it can be put on a ready-to-launch-mode quickly. It's a zero maintenance, road-mobile system developed by young AD scientists in the average age-group of 35 years.

 

[Bhadra]

DRDO knows it fully well that Indian Army is unlikely to fall into ballistic trap . For DRDO it is plain business but for Indian Army the business is Security of India including under Nuclear conditions !

 

[bhramos]

DRDO knows it fully well that Indian Army is unlikely to fall into ballistic trap . For DRDO it is plain business but for Indian Army the business is Security of India including under Nuclear conditions !

i think Prahar is just upgraded MRLS rocket. or just slimmed AD missile or Prithvi missile...

 

[JAISWAL]

but whats wrong in that, if drdo is thinking that it can provide a missle which can be used on multiple plateform, it can bring the cost of production low plus and interportability between the forces.

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Why does every system have to go thru this bureacratic nonsense??

 

[trackwhack]

why does every system have to go thru this bureacratic nonsense??

d.e.m.o.c.r.a.c.y.

 

[nitesh]

This is a good development, finally the fruits of hard work is paying off, previously their where requirement, but no products, now their is a product and forces have a choice to use it or not.

But which platform of IAF can carry prahaar?

 

[Sridhar]

This is a good development, finally the fruits of hard work is paying off, previously their where requirement, but no products, now their is a product and forces have a choice to use it or not.

But which platform of IAF can carry prahaar?

Quoting from the Original article

The missile is capable of carrying multiple warheads, has very fast reaction capability from mission command to execute the launch. "With all weather, day and night launch capability, Prahaar's range, if launched from an aircraft (read as Sukhoi), can be extended up to 350 km. This is quite feasible as the missile has less weight, diameter and radar cross section

 

[nitesh]

Sorry I missed it.

 

[agentperry]

I need to read the rules.I need to read the rules.I need to read the rules.I need to read the rules. yea!!!!

old prithvi needs to be phased out. such a large tower flying in the sky is not a good weapon in today's smart battlefield.

prahaar should be promoted.

just imagine face of army chief when he got invitation for witnessing prahar launch---> out of blue moon a new missile.

 

[blueblood]

Quoting from the Original article

The missile is capable of carrying multiple warheads, has very fast reaction capability from mission command to execute the launch. "With all weather, day and night launch capability, Prahaar's range, if launched from an aircraft (read as Sukhoi), can be extended up to 350 km. This is quite feasible as the missile has less weight, diameter and radar cross section

With some modifications, it can be a better weapon system than Brahmos. MKI can carry three of these instead of one Brahmos. One in centerline and two on nacelles.

Prahaar is capable of carrying a variety of warheads like pre-fragmented, incendiary sub-munitions, runway-denial sub-munitions, smart munitions and thermobaric (a fuel-air bomb, which produces a blast wave for longer period) warheads

If DRDO can come up with a version of Prahaar like CBU-97 and HARM, it can much more potent platform.