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We'll know more about Akash revised guidance once DRDO releases details on it. Having said that, Astra has validated the modes and the capability should be similar across QRSAM and Akash seeker versions. Its raining programs and thats a good thing.

Your scientific establishment could not figure this out and went away looking for simpler solutions. Perhaps its why most of your systems are rip-offs of Russian or French systems. Meanwhile Brahmos happily undertakes high angle of attack climbs and steep dives. Ramjet too.

Dude, you are just making assumptions. A missile the size of Akash can easily have a seeker with the range of the missile itself & hence can even operate in LOBL mode. It all depends on the schema adopted by DRDO and the onboard power source. Akash BTW only has a RPF in its Mk1 version. The...

ROTFL - look who's talking. The masters of plagiarism. The Akash uses an Indian schema and Indian propellants & was made to work by Indians. Unlike you PRC blokes who'd even paint your curlies white to pretend to be Aussie or Yank.

In other words, you couldn't figure it out and went for something simpler. India persevered and made it happen.

You are making an assumption that the seeker equipped Akash does not have independent LOBL modes.

Good show again! The new radome and seeker area is clearly visible.

Akash design was optimized to provide maximum NEZ - i.e. its launch range is literally its actual proper high capability envelope, unlike other countries who often put up misleading ballistic ranges or RMax on their brochures and then claim that as maximum range.

Great pictures. Thanks. One thing is DRDO systems are considerably more sophisticated than the imports across several criteria including command and control and completely digital launch platform controls. Third party observers were taken aback by the amount of effort built into these items, and...

This is excellent news and more confirmation of the Akash 1S program to deliver 2 more regiments. Lt Gen Jaggi probably doesn't know the news is already out in the media. Anyhow, it will be even better if the first 2 Akash regiments can also be converted to Akash 1S without significant...

Obviously any designer would choose a booster and sustainer combination to deliver optimal speed for ramjet functioning. Are you on this forum to spread misinformation and create FUD? Very clear agenda it seems like. You have no idea of how the Akash functions and its trial criteria. Rest...

Your posts have so many mistakes it would take far too much time to even bother to reply. Akash has been tested against a wide variety of targets, maneuvering and otherwise & come out trumps. Unlike China, the Indian Armed Forces are not captive customers and have a wide range of imports to...

One is for the IFF, other is for the guidance illumination of the Akash missile. The main section below is the actual surveillance cum fire control radar.

I don't have time to visit the forum anymore or even respond to some of Armand's "claims", but lets clarify the issue here - India has many programs underway for multiple sensors. Probably only a handful of firms/companies have similar scale of effort. The aim therefore, is to strike a balance...

Armand, you are just making false claims I'm afraid. The external similarities apart, they don't have any commonality in terms of materials and subsystems. I know this because I have the Akash data right in front of me, and clearly the systems are pretty much different. Everything from the...

The advantage of a ramjet is it uses the oxygen in the air instead of its own oxidizer, so its actually lighter for the same sized normal missile since it is not carrying an oversized sustainer with an oxidizer component. The usual missile would have gone 25-30 km with a typical accelerate...

Please dont get confused in how the terms are used. Coasting is usually used for the missile when the engine has cut out & its just going ahead on the basis of the residual energy it has from the work the engine did. In the case of the Akash, the pure powered+non powered range, may indeed be...

India didn't attempt to copy the SA-6, it just found the general layout useful to implement a ramjet system and went ahead and developed a similar system. There is nothing in common between the two missiles in terms of materials and subsystems, though. Even the guidance is different, the Akash...

Akash SA-6

Akash goes upto 15km as far as I remember. "Anything" will not be able to outrun it. Most fighters - bar the F-22 and MiG-31 - are barely able to sustain medium supersonic speeds (between M1 and M1.5) with payload. Apart from the above two types, pretty much no fighter in the world today...