Akash Surface-to-air Missile

[cobra commando]

Akash SAM test on May 28
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=K2qR0wq-WQk

 

[Sea Eagle]

IAF seems to be unhappy because of the slow supply of Akash SAM..

From the article ..

With regards to Air Defence, the IAF is unnerved not just by rapidly ageing OSA-AK and Pechora systems, but also lack of adequate supply of indegenously developed Akash SAM

http://mdaily.bhaskar.com/article/r...sues-that-modi-govt-should-I-4630800-NOR.html

 

[Warhawk]

Army User Trial of Akash Missile Likely Today

BALASORE :In a maiden attempt, Indian Army is likely to carry out a user specific trial of indigenously built surface-to-air missile (SAM) Akash targeting the UK-made multi-functional pilotless target aircraft (PTA) Banshee from a defence base off the Odisha coast on Wednesday.

Although a similar trial was planned on Tuesday afternoon, the PTA reportedly fell down three minutes after it took off from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur-on-sea, about 15 km from Balasore.

The sophisticated medium range Akash missile was to be targeted to Banshee. However, the missile could not be fired as the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) fell down. Sources said the aircraft covered only 500 metres before plunging into the Bay of Bengal.

However, ITR Director MVKV Prasad denied any such test and said Akash missile will be test-fired targeting Banshee likely on Wednesday.

Defence sources said the British target drone developed for air defence systems training was being used by Indian Army for the first time to gauge the operational effectiveness of the Akash SAM system. In August last year, two complete Banshee systems, including 35 Banshee targets, were accepted by the Indian Army.

The Banshee is built mostly out of composite material (Kevlar and glass-reinforced plastic) with a tailless delta wing platform. It is an aerial target for surface-to-air and air-to-air weapon system.

The aircraft is designed to float for over water operations recovery. Its installable options include radar enhancement devices and target sleeves. It can simulate a sea-skimming missile or serve as a scouting UAV with a camera.

While length of the PTA is about 2.84 m, wingspan 2.49 m and height 0.86 m, it weighs around 73 kg. Travelling at a maximum speed of 200 km/h, it can fly for nearly 75 minutes with a service ceiling of 23,000 ft. India made Lakshya PTA can fly only 35 to 40 minutes.

http://www.newindianexpress.com/sta...le-Likely-Today/2014/06/04/article2262026.ece

 

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

Army User Trial of Akash Missile Likely Today | idrw.org

 

[Warhawk]

BALASORE: Defence experts have raised doubt over the efficiency of UK-made unmanned aircraft Banshee which was to be used as a target against surface-to-air medium range missile Akash, but failed to perform twice in the last couple of days.
While on Tuesday the aerial target fell down in the sea nearly three minutes after taking off from the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur off the Odisha coast, on Wednesday the pilot-less target aircraft (PTA) failed to take off due to technical glitches in its lifting support system.
The mission team of Akash had to postpone the missile test till June 20. Defence sources said there was technical snag in the motor of the aircraft.
Though on earlier occasions, the Lakshya target has performed below the expectations, the experts claimed that indigenously built Lakshya PTA is performing better than British-made multi-functional target aircraft Banshee even as the latter's flight duration is more.
Lakshya is a remotely piloted high speed target drone system developed by the Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) of DRDO. It has two variants - Lakshya-I and Lakshya-II. The Lakshya-I is used to perform discreet aerial reconnaissance of battlefield and target acquisition.

The drone, remotely piloted by a ground control station, provides realistic towed aerial sub-targets for live fire training. This unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) is ground or ship launched from a zero length launcher and recovery is by a two stage parachute system developed by ADE for land or sea based recovery.
Defence scientists said the Lakshya drone had a crushable nose cone which absorbs the impact of landing, minimising damage. Its flight path, they said, may be controlled or pre-programmed based on the type of mission.
On the other hand, the Banshee is an aerial target for surface-to-air and air-to-air weapon systems. The aircraft is designed to float for over-water operations recovery. Its installable options include radar enhancement devices and target sleeves. It can simulate a sea-skimming missile or serve as a scouting UAV with a camera.
Moreover, Lakshya is a more sophisticated PTA powered by a turbojet while Banshee is powered by rotary engine. Lakshya is much heavier (nearly 10 times) than Banshee and flies much faster than the British drone.
Justifying the use of Banshee target during training exercises instead of Lakshya, defence scientists said the latter was cheaper than the former. Banshee is also easily retrievable as it weighs less.

Akash Test Held up, PTA under Scanner - The New Indian Express

 

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

Akash Test Held up, British made PTA under Scanner | idrw.org

 

[shuvo@y2k10]

any news about akash mk2??

 

[Warhawk]

Akash missile ready for induction into Army: DRDO

Moving towards induction into operational service, the DRDO-developed Akash air defence missile system was today successfully test-fired by the Army and it hit an unmanned aerial vehicle.
Buoyed by the success of the air defence system, which has been in the making for over two decades now as part of the Integrated Missile Development Programme, the DRDO said the missile has a great potential for being exported because of its cost.

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The supersonic missile intercepted a very small unmanned, fast moving Banshee aerial vehicle at 30 m altitude above sea level, proving the system capability against subsonic cruisemissile. The sophisticated multi function radar, with built in features, tracked the low flying target continuously throughout its course.

Akash missile test fired at low altitude | Business Line

 

[cobra commando]

Akash missile low altitude test by Indian Army on 18.06.2014

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=siL3EVF5tcU

 

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

Akash missile test fired at low altitude | idrw.org

 

[Twinblade]

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[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

Surface-to-Air Missile Akash Completes Validation Trials | idrw.org

 

[abhi_the _gr8_maratha]

Akash has 'Export potential': DRDO | idrw.org

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Intercepting subsonic micro drone at 30 meters is good ..

Akash missile test fired at low altitude | idrw.org

 

[acetophenol]

What the heck is this:

Trial Failures Belie DRDO Claim on Akash - The New Indian Express

 

[acetophenol]

^^Can someone bust this?

 

[acetophenol]

Also at 0.05-0.06 sec some thing is seen moving past the missile at high speeds,could this be the Banshee,and Akash has failed to intercept it? The detonation at 0.08 could've been a late detonation of the pre-fragmented warhead?

 

[acetophenol]

@Kunal Biswas

 

[acetophenol]

@abhi_the _gr8_maratha

 

[Eastman]

@acetophenol, Akash is a two staged missile, i.e. the booster (solid rocket grains that is stored in combustion chamber of the ramjet engine) and the ramjet stage (ignites as the grains are burned out, just like the BrahMos) the booster seems to be exhausted 'after' 0.6, I have not heard of any missile system that engage a target at booster stage. So their is a minimum range of engagement for target.

More over the object @0.6 is either larger the the missile or is closer to the camera compared to the missile.


Also enjoy watching Mr. Holy Cow getting frightened @1.0