Nag anti-tank Missile
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Some reference please ....
Which NAG was that ?? I mean Takshak or karkotak etc .....??
That are many versions and variants .
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Nag ATGM test fired successfully in Pokhran, production likely to begin by year-end
New Delhi, July 08: The indigenously-built third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag was successfully test-fired at Pokharan test firing range on Sunday, said reports.
The missiles were test-fired during both day and night during the trials. Reports have said that the production of Nag missiles army begin by the end of 2019. Given this, these final rounds of testing could be to make sure that there are absolutely no design flaws. Winter user trials of the Nag ATGM were successfully completed in December 2018. DRDO has been working on the Nag ATGM for over a decade, said reports.
Nag is a third-generation, fire-and-forget, anti-tank guided missile developed by India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to support both mechanised infantry and airborne forces of the Indian Army.
The NAMICAs are the launch vehicles of the Nag missiles and can carry six missiles at a time, which can destroy enemy tanks and infantry combat vehicles from a distance of 7 to 8 kilometers.
The third-generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Nag is slated to enter production by the end of 2019, reported The Diplomat in February 2019 quoting a senior Indian defense industry official.
The report further says that the Indian Army is expected to purchase 8,000 Nags with an initial order of 500 NAGs. The ATGM system will be manufactured by India's sole missile producer, state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited.
The missile incorporates an advanced passive homing guidance system and possesses high single-shot kill probability. It is designed to destroy modern main battle tanks and other heavily armoured targets.
Nag missile has a land variant and an air launched variant. The land version has a range of upto 4 kms while the air launched version has a range of around 7-10 kms.
https://www.oneindia.com/india/nag-...tion-likely-to-begin-by-year-end-2915467.html
New Delhi, July 08: The indigenously-built third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag was successfully test-fired at Pokharan test firing range on Sunday, said reports.
The missiles were test-fired during both day and night during the trials. Reports have said that the production of Nag missiles army begin by the end of 2019. Given this, these final rounds of testing could be to make sure that there are absolutely no design flaws. Winter user trials of the Nag ATGM were successfully completed in December 2018. DRDO has been working on the Nag ATGM for over a decade, said reports.
Nag is a third-generation, fire-and-forget, anti-tank guided missile developed by India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to support both mechanised infantry and airborne forces of the Indian Army.
The NAMICAs are the launch vehicles of the Nag missiles and can carry six missiles at a time, which can destroy enemy tanks and infantry combat vehicles from a distance of 7 to 8 kilometers.
The third-generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Nag is slated to enter production by the end of 2019, reported The Diplomat in February 2019 quoting a senior Indian defense industry official.
The report further says that the Indian Army is expected to purchase 8,000 Nags with an initial order of 500 NAGs. The ATGM system will be manufactured by India's sole missile producer, state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited.
The missile incorporates an advanced passive homing guidance system and possesses high single-shot kill probability. It is designed to destroy modern main battle tanks and other heavily armoured targets.
Nag missile has a land variant and an air launched variant. The land version has a range of upto 4 kms while the air launched version has a range of around 7-10 kms.
https://www.oneindia.com/india/nag-...tion-likely-to-begin-by-year-end-2915467.html
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8000 Nag missile that is good news and Indian govt must push for indingeous weapons.. I am very much happy with these news Jai Hind.
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Aha ... thandi hawa ka jhoka ...... malaya sameer....
The banana tree is shaking... may be a few banana will fall ....keep post !!
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Nag ATGM test fired successfully in Pokhran, production likely to begin by year-end
By Vikas Sv | Updated: Tuesday, July 9, 2019, 0:11 [IST]
https://www.oneindia.com/india/nag-...tion-likely-to-begin-by-year-end-2915467.html
New Delhi, July 08: The indigenously-built third generation Anti Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) Nag was successfully test-fired at Pokharan test firing range on Sunday, said reports.
The missiles were test-fired during both day and night during the trials. Reports have said that the production of Nag missiles army begin by the end of 2019. Given this, these final rounds of testing could be to make sure that there are absolutely no design flaws. Winter user trials of the Nag ATGM were successfully completed in December 2018. DRDO has been working on the Nag ATGM for over a decade, said reports.
Nag is a third-generation, fire-and-forget, anti-tank guided missile developed by India's state-owned Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to support both mechanised infantry and airborne forces of the Indian Army.
The NAMICAs are the launch vehicles of the Nag missiles and can carry six missiles at a time, which can destroy enemy tanks and infantry combat vehicles from a distance of 7 to 8 kilometers.
The third-generation anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) Nag is slated to enter production by the end of 2019, reported The Diplomat in February 2019 quoting a senior Indian defense industry official.
The report further says that the Indian Army is expected to purchase 8,000 Nags with an initial order of 500 NAGs. The ATGM system will be manufactured by India's sole missile producer, state-owned Bharat Dynamics Limited.
The missile incorporates an advanced passive homing guidance system and possesses high single-shot kill probability. It is designed to destroy modern main battle tanks and other heavily armoured targets.
Nag missile has a land variant and an air launched variant. The land version has a range of upto 4 kms while the air launched version has a range of around 7-10 kms.
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Passive Guidence
https://www.britannica.com/technology/rocket-and-missile-system/Tactical-guided-missiles
Passive guidance systems neither emitted energy nor received commands from an external source; rather, they “locked” onto an electronic emission coming from the target itself. The earliest successful passive homing munitions were “heat-seeking” air-to-air missiles that homed onto the infrared emissions of jet engine exhausts. The first such missile to achieve wide success was the AIM-9 Sidewinder developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. Many later passive homing air-to-air missiles homed onto ultraviolet radiation as well, using on-board guidance computers and accelerometers to compute optimal intercept trajectories. Among the most advanced passive homing systems were optically tracking munitions that could “see” a visual or infrared image in much the same way as the human eye does, memorize it by means of computer logic, and home onto it. Many passive homing systems required target identification and lock-on by a human operator prior to launch. With infrared antiaircraft missiles, a successful lock-on was indicated by an audible tone in the pilot’s or operator’s headset; with television or imaging infrared systems, the operator or pilot acquired the target on a screen, which relayed data from the missile’s seeker head, and then locked on manually.
Passive guidance systems benefited enormously from a miniaturization of electronic components and from advances in seeker-head technology. Small, heat-seeking, shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles first became a major factor in land warfare during the final stages of the Vietnam War, with the Soviet SA-7 Grail playing a major role in neutralizing the South Vietnamese Air Force in the final communist offensive in 1975. Ten years later the U.S. Stinger and British Blowpipe proved effective against Soviet aircraft and helicopters in Afghanistan, as did the U.S. Redeye in Central America.
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VE-HIClE/HELICOpTER~ Mode Further Developments
.FIRE & FORGET .
LOBl ( To LOAL) .
TOP (DIVE) ATTACK .
NO WIRE .
HIGH KILL PROBABILITY .
COST ? (Reduce it)
MIN RANG ? (Not more than 50m)
https://www.britannica.com/technology/rocket-and-missile-system/Tactical-guided-missiles
Passive guidance systems neither emitted energy nor received commands from an external source; rather, they “locked” onto an electronic emission coming from the target itself. The earliest successful passive homing munitions were “heat-seeking” air-to-air missiles that homed onto the infrared emissions of jet engine exhausts. The first such missile to achieve wide success was the AIM-9 Sidewinder developed by the U.S. Navy in the 1950s. Many later passive homing air-to-air missiles homed onto ultraviolet radiation as well, using on-board guidance computers and accelerometers to compute optimal intercept trajectories. Among the most advanced passive homing systems were optically tracking munitions that could “see” a visual or infrared image in much the same way as the human eye does, memorize it by means of computer logic, and home onto it. Many passive homing systems required target identification and lock-on by a human operator prior to launch. With infrared antiaircraft missiles, a successful lock-on was indicated by an audible tone in the pilot’s or operator’s headset; with television or imaging infrared systems, the operator or pilot acquired the target on a screen, which relayed data from the missile’s seeker head, and then locked on manually.
Passive guidance systems benefited enormously from a miniaturization of electronic components and from advances in seeker-head technology. Small, heat-seeking, shoulder-fired antiaircraft missiles first became a major factor in land warfare during the final stages of the Vietnam War, with the Soviet SA-7 Grail playing a major role in neutralizing the South Vietnamese Air Force in the final communist offensive in 1975. Ten years later the U.S. Stinger and British Blowpipe proved effective against Soviet aircraft and helicopters in Afghanistan, as did the U.S. Redeye in Central America.
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VE-HIClE/HELICOpTER~ Mode Further Developments
.FIRE & FORGET .
LOBl ( To LOAL) .
TOP (DIVE) ATTACK .
NO WIRE .
HIGH KILL PROBABILITY .
COST ? (Reduce it)
MIN RANG ? (Not more than 50m)
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LOBL / LOAL Technology in NAG : THE ROAD AHEAD
TRIGAT Long Range (LR) and .NAG are examples of the vehicle based/helicopter-borne third generation A TGMs.
LOBL capability restricts the maximum range of the missile to 4 or 5 km.
This restriction is due to the limit imposed by the maximum achievable range of the thermal sight and missile seeker due" to operational constraints of size, weight, power, etc.
To increase the maximum range capability, it would be essential to go in for lock-on-after-launch (LOAL) capability. In this scheme, the missile is fired based on a priori information in the general direction of the targets. The flight profile and missile system capability ensure that the missile reaches the target area within certain specified error basket" The seeker is activated at this point and with the scanning capability built into the seeker, it would be able to perform target detection and recognition functions.
However, this would need a lot more intelligence to be built into the missile signal processor in the form of fast and efficient algorithms based on suitable criteria for target detection and recognition, which is otherwise done with the help of the missile operator in the vehicle for the LOBL mission.
The LOAL class of missile can also be used for terminally guided submissiles (TGSMs) in a many versus many scenario ( multiple missiles being carried in a big bus missile against multiple targets).
Dual mode sensors, as and when configured for actual missile-borne use, would combine the advantages of the all weather capability of MMW system and the high resolution capability of the IIR system, apart from improved failure resistance features to be built in.
However, the integrated design of the two seekers with the need for commonality in subsystem modules of the seeker to the exploitable extent and packaging the dual sensor based seeker within the already stringent dimensional and weight constraints of the single sensor-based seeker are the technological .challenges.
Hyper velocity missiles (HVM) and supersonic ATGM-3 with LOAL and dual sensor capabilities ,built into the seeker are other areas being focussed upon.
For longer range applications, especially for indirect fire, where the target scene is hindered by obstacles like hills, sand dunes, line of trees, etc, fiber optics guided missiles (FOGMs) is the option. Such a missile has an umbilical connected to the ground system through the fibre optic cable, which is reeled off from the missile and hence is not afire and forget type missile.
However, since the missile range is quite large (say 10 km) and since it. is an indirect fire system, the system and crew are not directly exposed to the enemy counter , attack. Secondly. it has the top attack capability and can be fitted with tandem shaped-charge warhead to defeat all futuristic and ERA type armour .This is one system in which development work is going on currently in the USA and Europe.
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Recent Advances in Antitank Guided Missile Systems
N.R. Iyer
Defence Research & Development Laboratory, Hyderabad-500 258
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NAG, the DRDO’s indigenously developed 3rd Generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) has successfully undergone a series of summer trials at Pokhran field firing ranges carried out by the Indian Army from 7-18 July 2019.
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Any views on how NAMICA / nag (assuming it works as per specifications) will be part of IBGs... ?
Will it be more useful in Rajasthan... or will it be equally useful in the Punjab..?
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NAMICA perhaps in basically meant to equip Recce and Support battalions which are a very few battalions meant for specific and special anti tank roles. They have more predominant defensive roles and tasks but useful for offensive roles too. In offensive operations they can provide a potent anti tank screen and bolster anti tank fire power.
Considering the range profile of NAG as against the terrain profiles, it would be more suitable for desert sectors rather than for limited range profile terrain available astride Punjab.
The biggest shortcoming of the missile is its minimum range as also its LOBL guidance technology. A minimum range of (700, 500 or 400 m - claimed as per convenience) makes the system unsuitable for cluttered up built up areas of Punjab where one may get ranges around 700m and below most of the time. The missile, therefore, will be unusable in attacks and defensive operations in such a terrain in Punjab and semi desert terrains. Same reason would make it unsuitable for LOC.
LOBL guidance system means the missile can not be directed on a target visible to others than missile pilots such as by posts located higher, ahead of the launcher, forward elements, attacking soldiers , visible from platforms such as helicopters / UAV etc.
Third shortcoming lies in removal of BMP turret from NAMICA which makes it bereft of potent gun / canon firing platform.
The Challenges ahead for our DODOs are :
* Make NAG a LOAL missile to be able to be directed on targets by multiple agencies.
* Minimum range to be not more than 100 meters.
* Make NAMICA with turret of BMP -2 intact.
* Mount NAG on other vehicle platforms including SUVs, BMP and tanks.
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Indigenously developed NAG – 3rd Generation Anti- Tank Guided Missile (ATGM) has successfully undergone series of user’s trails at Pokhran Field Firing Ranges.
NAG-fire & forget anti tank missile uses imaging infrared seeker in lock-on-before-launch mode.The robust imaging algorithm has made the missile hit the target even in severe summer desert conditions which is unique in its class
NAG-fire & forget anti tank missile uses imaging infrared seeker in lock-on-before-launch mode.The robust imaging algorithm has made the missile hit the target even in severe summer desert conditions which is unique in its class
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Summer User Trials of Nag Missile successfully Conducted by Indian Army
Indian Army has successfully carried out summer user trials of third Generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile NAGat Pokhran Field Firing Ranges. The trials of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Missile were conducted between July 7-18, 2019. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated the user evaluation teams and DRDO for the successful completion of the user trials.
NAG missile has been developed to engage highly fortified enemy tanks in all weather conditions with day and night capabilities and with a minimum range of 500 metres and maximum range of four kilometres. It is a third-generation fire and forget class missile and uses an imaging infrared seeker in lock-on-before-launch mode.
The missile is launched from the NAG missile carrier (NAMICA) which is capable of carrying up to six combat missiles. The robust imaging algorithm has made the missile hit the target at four-kilometredistance even in severe summer desert conditions which is unique in its class.
As part of the NAG summer user trials, six missions were conducted under the extreme temperature conditions of the Pokhran Ranges. All the missiles have met the mission objectives including minimum range, maximum range, in direct attack as well as top attack modes and achieved a direct hit onto the target.
The trials were conducted by the user team from the Army as per the user defined trial directive. The missile system has already cleared the winter user trials inFeb 2019. Government has already issued the Acceptance of Necessity for induction of NAG after user trials. All the ten missiles, which were fired during winter and summer trails, successfully hit the targets.
Completion of summer user trials will now pave the way for production and induction of the missile system into the Army. The trials were witnessed by senior officials of the Army and DRDO.
http://www.pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1579610#.XTHWSIsWjtM.twitter
Indian Army has successfully carried out summer user trials of third Generation Anti-Tank Guided Missile NAGat Pokhran Field Firing Ranges. The trials of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) developed Missile were conducted between July 7-18, 2019. Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh has congratulated the user evaluation teams and DRDO for the successful completion of the user trials.
NAG missile has been developed to engage highly fortified enemy tanks in all weather conditions with day and night capabilities and with a minimum range of 500 metres and maximum range of four kilometres. It is a third-generation fire and forget class missile and uses an imaging infrared seeker in lock-on-before-launch mode.
The missile is launched from the NAG missile carrier (NAMICA) which is capable of carrying up to six combat missiles. The robust imaging algorithm has made the missile hit the target at four-kilometredistance even in severe summer desert conditions which is unique in its class.
As part of the NAG summer user trials, six missions were conducted under the extreme temperature conditions of the Pokhran Ranges. All the missiles have met the mission objectives including minimum range, maximum range, in direct attack as well as top attack modes and achieved a direct hit onto the target.
The trials were conducted by the user team from the Army as per the user defined trial directive. The missile system has already cleared the winter user trials inFeb 2019. Government has already issued the Acceptance of Necessity for induction of NAG after user trials. All the ten missiles, which were fired during winter and summer trails, successfully hit the targets.
Completion of summer user trials will now pave the way for production and induction of the missile system into the Army. The trials were witnessed by senior officials of the Army and DRDO.
http://www.pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1579610#.XTHWSIsWjtM.twitter
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India to Produce NAG Third Generation Anti-Tank Guided Missiles - Defence Ministry (Video)
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India's third-generation anti-tank guided missile NAG (Cobra) is set to enter the production stage with the formal announcement of a fortnight-long summer trial near Pakistan's border. NAG anti-tank guided missiles were developed by the state-funded DRDO to engage highly "fortified enemy tanks in all weather conditions".
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said: "All missiles met the mission objectives including minimum and maximum ranges, direct attack as well as top attack modes and achieved a direct hit onto the target."
The defence minister has congratulated the user evaluation teams from the Indian Army and developer, state-funded Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), on successful completion of user trials.
The winter missiles user trials were successfully completed in the Himalayan region last December. They were preceded by extensive validation trials of the fire-and-forget ATGM's imaging infrared (IIR) seeker head.
— DRDO (@DRDO_India) July 19, 2019
The 1900 mm long missile has a lock-on-before-launch capability to a range of 4 km, the longest for any anti-tank missile in the world. US' "Javelin" and Israel's "Spike" lock-on-before-launch capability are limited to 2.5 km.
The video released by the ministry shows that the missile with 'fire and forget' and 'top attack' capabilities, was fired from a specially modified Indian license-produced variant of the Soviet-era BMP-II armoured infantry fighting vehicle.
"NAG-fire & forget anti-tank missile uses infrared imaging seeker in lock-on-before-launch mode. The robust imaging algorithm allows missiles to hit targets even in severe summer desert conditions, which is unique in its class," DRDO said in a statement.
DRDO has also been developing the man-portable and helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missile the HeliNa for the air force.
The DRDO was tasked with developing man-portable, anti-tank, guided missiles at the earliest. Defence forces received reassurance that this task would be completed by the DRDO last year.
The Indian Defence Ministry had cancelled the planned $500 million purchase of Spike anti-tank missiles from Israel's Rafael in favour of the DRDO's man-portable anti-tank guided missiles.
The Indian army says it requires at least 40,000 anti-tank guided missiles in the next two decades.
https://sputniknews.com/military/20...ank-guided-missiles---defence-ministry-video/
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19:24 19.07.2019Get short URL
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New Delhi (Sputnik): India's third-generation anti-tank guided missile NAG (Cobra) is set to enter the production stage with the formal announcement of a fortnight-long summer trial near Pakistan's border. NAG anti-tank guided missiles were developed by the state-funded DRDO to engage highly "fortified enemy tanks in all weather conditions".
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said: "All missiles met the mission objectives including minimum and maximum ranges, direct attack as well as top attack modes and achieved a direct hit onto the target."
The defence minister has congratulated the user evaluation teams from the Indian Army and developer, state-funded Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), on successful completion of user trials.
The winter missiles user trials were successfully completed in the Himalayan region last December. They were preceded by extensive validation trials of the fire-and-forget ATGM's imaging infrared (IIR) seeker head.
— DRDO (@DRDO_India) July 19, 2019
The 1900 mm long missile has a lock-on-before-launch capability to a range of 4 km, the longest for any anti-tank missile in the world. US' "Javelin" and Israel's "Spike" lock-on-before-launch capability are limited to 2.5 km.
The video released by the ministry shows that the missile with 'fire and forget' and 'top attack' capabilities, was fired from a specially modified Indian license-produced variant of the Soviet-era BMP-II armoured infantry fighting vehicle.
"NAG-fire & forget anti-tank missile uses infrared imaging seeker in lock-on-before-launch mode. The robust imaging algorithm allows missiles to hit targets even in severe summer desert conditions, which is unique in its class," DRDO said in a statement.
DRDO has also been developing the man-portable and helicopter-launched anti-tank guided missile the HeliNa for the air force.
The DRDO was tasked with developing man-portable, anti-tank, guided missiles at the earliest. Defence forces received reassurance that this task would be completed by the DRDO last year.
The Indian Defence Ministry had cancelled the planned $500 million purchase of Spike anti-tank missiles from Israel's Rafael in favour of the DRDO's man-portable anti-tank guided missiles.
The Indian army says it requires at least 40,000 anti-tank guided missiles in the next two decades.
https://sputniknews.com/military/20...ank-guided-missiles---defence-ministry-video/
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In all probability NAG's future is UAV, LCH and Rudra... Maybe even from LCA if DRDO can make have an extended range version of NAG.. for Anti-personnel role similar to hellfire...
Finally!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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