Why is Russia violating MTCR with Nirbhay and not Brahmos??

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Nirbhay (India) - Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems


Nirbhay (India), Offensive weapons

Description
The Nirbhay cruise missile development programme was first reported in India in September 2007, but is believed to have started in 2005. The missile has been described as being similar to the US RGM-109 Tomahawk and the Russian Club (SS-N-27), and is being developed by the DRDO in Hyderabad. There are expected to be several versions of the missile, starting with a ground-launched version, and then followed possibly by submarine- and air-launched versions. The Nirbhay missile is believed to have a length of 6.0 m, a body diameter of 0.5 m and a launch weight of 1,500 to 1,600 kg. It is believed to have a payload of 450 kg, which would suggest an HE, submunitions or small nuclear warhead, possibly in the 12 kT range. Guidance is reported to be Inertial Navigation System/Global Positioning System (INS/GPS) with an active radar terminal seeker. The missile is launched using a solid propellant boost motor, which is jettisoned after use, and a turbojet motor takes over for the subsonic cruise and terminal phases. It is believed that assistance has been provided with the turbojet engine by a Russian company, and that this engine is similar to the TRDD-50. A cruise speed of between M0.8 and M0.9 has been reported. The maximum range is believed to be between 800 and 1,000 km. A wheeled Transporter-Erector-Launcher (TEL) vehicle is reported to be in development by the Research and Development Establishment (Engineering) at Pune.Unconfirmed reports suggested that some flight tests started in 2007, but later

36МТ
Development – NPO Saturn.
Serial production – NPO Saturn.

Used as a sustainer engine in aviation tactical ballistic missiles of type Kh-59M developed by GosMKB (State Engineering Design Bureau) Raduga JSC.

Technical features of the engine:

double-circuit twin-shaft turbojetengine with coaxial shafts with low and high pressure cascades;
high pressure cascade – diagonal axis compressor and single-stage axis turbine;
low pressure cascade – single-stage ventilator with wide-chord blades and a single-stage axis turbine;
annular combustion chamber;
autonomous oil system;
electro-hydraulic adjustment system;
inbuilt electric generator with 4 kW.

Key Characteristics of the Engine:

Thrust at limiting point, kgf, up to 450
Specific fuel rate at limiting point, kg/kgf*h 0,71
Dry mass, kg 82
Default mass, kg 100
Overall dimensions:
Maximum diameter, mm 330
Maximum length, mm 850

 

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First Test Of Indian Cruise Missile Looms

The Indian armed forces are watching the Nirbhay with perhaps greater focus than they did the Agni. While the country's weapons program has matured in the ballistic missile arena, it has little or nothing to show in cruise missiles. In the Indo-Russian BrahMos, Russia still builds critical technologies such as the engine and seeker, while India contributes the inertial navigation and fire control systems. On the Nirbhay, while Russia is understood to have contributed the engine, sources say it will be replaced with an Indian turbojet or tubofan in a later phase.

"In many ways, the Nirbhay is a more crucial weapon system than the Agni family," says an officer with one of the Indian army's BrahMos missile regiments. "The lack of a long-range cruise missile has long been felt by the armed forces. The BrahMos is an excellent border weapon, but we need a terrain-hugging missile with a range of 750-1,000 kilometers for more potent deterrent value. That's why we're waiting for the Nirbhay more than we've perhaps waited for anything in the last 20 years." The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile has a stated range of 290 km.

 

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U.S. willful blindness to Indian Agni V MTCR violation - New Century China Forum

India is making a mockery of the MTCR

At Krad (on another forum), are you seriously trying to argue that a laser ring gyro and an electronic guidance system for an ICBM may have a dual use? A laser ring gyro may also be used for the navigation of a commercial jet. India lacks the technology to build commercial jets. You can eliminate that dual-use argument. Furthermore, the electronic guidance system for an ICBM has only one use: to guide an ICBM.

India has demonstrated that it has violated the MTCR (Missile Technology Control Regime) and the United States should come out and demand an immediate halt to further exports and violations of the MTCR by India and the supplier country. If the United States continues its willful blindness, India will make a mockery of the MTCR and the United States will be silently complicit in aiding long-range missile proliferation.

Let me narrow down the list to make it easier for the United States to identify the missile proliferator in violation of the MTCR. There are only five countries that have proven electronic guidance systems for an ICBM. All five countries also happen to sit on the U.N. Security Council with a permanent veto (i.e. UNSC P-5).

1. United States
2. China
3. Russia
4. Britain
5. France

Among the five suspected countries, we can rule out the United States and China. The United States would not actively help India in developing an ICBM. To the contrary, the United States has a history of imposing sanctions and technological prohibitions on India. Also, it is obvious that China would not help India to develop the Agni V "China killer" to hit cities like Shanghai.

There are only three viable violators of the MTCR: Russia, Britain, or France.
This statement is an error USA violated MTCR giving trident missiles to Britain and China has violated
MTCR giving missiles to North Korea and Pakistan (China is not a MTCR signatory)


The United States should publicly condemn the MTCR violator and demand that they stop destabilizing the world and proliferating ICBMs that carry WMDs (weapons of mass destruction). The U.S. effort to save the MTCR is worthwhile; even if the guilty party says "nyet."

 

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The irony from the article above. Russia is a good boy with MACH 3 Brahmos and a active contributor
with MACH 25 AGNI. (DRDO chief 20% of AGNI 5 parts imported).

'Agni-5 has put India in the elite club' - Rediff.com India News

He said special computers with multiple memory were made, exclusive navigation system was produced. He said 80 per cent of Agni-5 is indigenously designed. He said that 20 per cent components were easy to import because it were not in the list of embargoed items.

 

[p2prada]

I don't think that is correct. Nirbhay will most probably use a GTRE engine.

The NPO Turbofan is most probably meant to power UAVs.

It is a Kaveri derivative, supposedly.

 

[Armand2REP]

When did France ever violate MTCR? Scalp EG is under 300km and Scalp Naval has yet to be exported.

 

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Another question why will the range of Brahmos 2 be capped?

India and Russia to Develop Hypersonic Cruise Missile | World | RIA Novosti

 

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When did France ever violate MTCR? Scalp EG is under 300km and Scalp Naval has yet to be exported.

This from a Chinese source.

 

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I don't think that is correct. Nirbhay will most probably use a GTRE engine.

The NPO Turbofan is most probably meant to power UAVs.

It is a Kaveri derivative, supposedly.

why are UAV's not coming under MTCR?

 

[arkem8]

The Chinese are the victims of this violation, poor things....

 

[Armand2REP]

This from a Chinese source.

It is from our old friend Martian. He cannot spread lies here?

 

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Defensive weapons like THAAD and S-400 violate MTCR but are not viewed in that sense.

 

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When did France ever violate MTCR? Scalp EG is under 300km and Scalp Naval has yet to be exported.

This author claims France violated in 2006?

Jeffrey Lewis • Storm Shadow, Saudi & the MTCR

Storm Shadow, Saudi & the MTCR

 

[Armand2REP]

This author claims France violated in 2006?

Jeffrey Lewis "¢ Storm Shadow, Saudi & the MTCR

Storm Shadow, Saudi & the MTCR

That author says range is 250 miles, it is 250km. Retard Wonks don't know metric system?

 

[Apollyon]

At Krad (on another forum), are you seriously trying to argue that a laser ring gyro and an electronic guidance system for an ICBM may have a dual use? A laser ring gyro may also be used for the navigation of a commercial jet. India lacks the technology to build commercial jets. You can eliminate that dual-use argument. Furthermore, the electronic guidance system for an ICBM has only one use: to guide an ICBM

A number of new technologies developed locally were successfully tested in the Agni 5. The redundant Navigation systems, Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS), and the most modern and accurate Micro Navigation System (MINS) provided the ability to land the warhead within a few meters (ten feet) of the aiming point. The missile guidance system computer and software worked flawlessly.

Strategic Weapons: India Gets Its IRBM

No surprise, only Martin has the capability to write this bullshit :blah::blah:

 

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A number of new technologies developed locally were successfully tested in the Agni 5. The redundant Navigation systems, Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS), and the most modern and accurate Micro Navigation System (MINS) provided the ability to land the warhead within a few meters (ten feet) of the aiming point. The missile guidance system computer and software worked flawlessly.

Strategic Weapons: India Gets Its IRBM

No surprise, only Martin has the capability to write this bullshit :blah::blah:

India is not a MTCR signatory so there is no violation.

 

[Armand2REP]

I think Agni V is as far as India needs to go in ballistic missile development. Hitting any corner of China is what they need to be concerned with. Going for true ICBMs will be seen as an uneeded threat by the rest of the world.

 

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Too much focus is given on missiles while there are no written treaties for other platforms
e.g Submarines, UAV's.

 

[p2prada]

why are UAV's not coming under MTCR?

UAVs were invented well after MTCR was ratified.

UAVs are merely aircraft. When Russia can export Su-30s with 3000Km range, UAVs are nothing.

 

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UAVs were invented well after MTCR was ratified.

UAVs are merely aircraft. When Russia can export Su-30s with 3000Km range, UAVs are nothing.

There will always be loopholes why would defense manufacturers want to overlegislate to
the point of destroying their markets?