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S-400 has been deployed in 9 battalions. Its been 6 years now. A downgraded export version of S-400 is still being developed, so it is currently not available for other countries.

The Navy requirements have gone beyond all that. Barak 8 does 70Km. IAF's version will do 120Km. AAD will have a range of 200Km and altitude of 30-80Km. Akash will forever remain a MRSAM. The P-17A may be more expensive because of Aegis.

Yeah. It is all COTS(Commercially off the shelf). Meaning they can buy processors like we do for our PCs and phones and use it on missiles. AGAT has been buying TMS processors since 1998. The stuff on export R-77s, the ones we purchased from Russia in the early 2000s come with TMS320 processors...

What we have done with Akash, AAD, PAD etc is quite remarkable considering most of it is home grown. Akash isn't the best, but it fits our requirements for a cheap medium range SAM. No need to upgrade it beyond what it already is. SARH allows fire and forget, but it is not very important. CG...

The Akash block diagrams have SR-71s as targets. Check sayare's previous posts.

Akash engages targets moving at speeds of Mach 1.0 to Mach 1.5 in the supersonic regime. A target moving at Mach 3 would mean the missile should move at speeds of Mach 5+. This does not even consider the capability of Rajendra which may not be adequate to process information from such a high...

Of course. I did not dispute that. But none were shot down though and that says a lot. Today it is obsolete. So it is not used. Something better may replace it in the future.

Blackbird Losses A compilation on the loss history of the SR-71.

Yes. And NEZ decreases as the target maneuvers. If detected, the F-117 can be shot down. Regardless of whether the SR-71 is detected or not, it cannot be shot down. Case in point, the Mig-25 over Islamabad. An IAF Mig-25 flew over Islamabad for a recce mission. Went supersonic, the...

Hehe! The targets in these pictures are SR-71 Blackbirds. Akash can't to sh!t to those birds.

Akash can hit a supersonic target. You are talking about tail chase. But Akash does not do tail chase, only sometimes. Akash follows proportional navigation where the radar assumes the target will have a future position at a particular point and send the Akash to that point at the same time or...

SAM sites need to be positioned in a way that allows greater flexibility when it comes to dealing with stand off missiles. So, if we say the J-15 is targeting a key installation at a range of 30Km, then we are going to have to keep the SAM system at a range of 15Km from the key installation. So...

New R-77 derived models are being made. With solid booster and with RAMJET. They will have foldable wings and are meant for PAKFA.

I hardly doubt it is the Akash. Could be the Mk2. But Barak 8 is still a better system. It reacts faster and is mated to a heavy duty radar.

On a land based system, a VLS will have to go into the ground. So, it will be static and completely useless in such a situation. A VLS on a vehicle is useless as the height of the vehicle will be massive and will make a nice target. As for Naval system, we have the Barak and the Barak 8 which is...

VLS systems are meant for ships. Akash has no use on ships.

Not been revealed as of now. The current generation of PAD is not effective against fighters. Modifications to it will allow it to counter such threats. It is something like our version of the S-300/400. The current generation of AAD is a bit too far fetched in my opinion. Let's see what...

Two mountain divisions are being raised along with an artillery division and will be deployed by 2012 in Assam. Ever heard of the ITBP and SFF? And what's Navy go to do with Assam?

Akash is just a regular SAM with some good propulsion. It is not cutting edge. It is no where close to the Patriot system. It just fills up the inventory and pretty ok if it is meant to replace some of our older SAMS. It is like LCA for the Air force. No matter how juicy the brochure looks like...

No its not. There is no way a university can get info about Hypersonic missiles that easily. IISC's work was on ballistic missiles that go upto 11.3km/s. You made this up again. There is no guarantee DRDO will use this method. Even if they do, it is meant for missiles with sustained flight...