Akash Surface-to-air Missile

[SilentKiller]

ARMY VERSION :

This is a T72 chassi i guess

 

[Kunal Biswas]

T-72 Chassis it is..

 

[JBH22]

Akash missile is our equivalent of KUB/BUK Missile system, when will we get the S-400 SAM

 

[Blackwater]

Akash missile is our equivalent of KUB/BUK Missile system, when will we get the S-400 SAM

i have heard S-500 also been tested and ready

 

[LETHALFORCE]

Russians at one time had rumored to jointly develop S-500 with India, why wasn't this offer taken?

 

[Armand2REP]

i have heard S-500 also been tested and ready

They haven't even finished qualifying S-400 yet, the long range missile still doesn't perform. Right now it is just an S300PMU2.

 

[p2prada]

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.

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Indian BMD once successfully deployed, It will also come in mobile variant as requested by Air force..

 

[Kunal Biswas]

Two Prototypes of AKASH SAM back in Days >>

BMP-2 based Version >>

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T-72 based Version >>

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After extensive mobility tests, T-72 version was inducted..

 

[Sridhar]

 

[Sridhar]

 

[happy]

Two Prototypes of AKASH SAM back in Days >>

BMP-2 based Version >>

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T-72 based Version >>

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After extensive mobility tests, T-72 version was inducted..

Sir can you pls tell what those cut squares are in the radar ?? It is on both BMP as well as T-72 based versions .... so does it serve any specific purpose ??

 

[happy]

Two Prototypes of AKASH SAM back in Days >>

BMP-2 based Version >>

===================

T-72 based Version >>

===================
===================

After extensive mobility tests, T-72 version was inducted..

Sir can you pls tell what those cut squares are in the radar ?? It is on both BMP as well as T-72 based versions .... so does it serve any specific purpose ??

 

[Archer]

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.

 

[Free Karma]

Surface-to-air Akash missile successfully test-fired

Surface-to-air Akash missile successfully test-fired | NDTV.com

India today test-fired the indigenously developed surface-to-air Akash missile from the Integrated Test Range launch complex at Chandipur near Balasore in Odisha.

The missile targeted a floating object supported by Pilot Less Target Aircraft (PTA) 'Lakshya', defence officials said.

"Akash was test fired from launch complex-3 at 11.22 am," a defence official said, adding that "some more trials would be conducted within the next couple of days".

"During the trial, the missile was aimed at intercepting a floating object supported by a pilot-less target aircraft, flown from launch complex-II, at a definite altitude over the sea," according to a source.

Akash is a medium range surface-to-air anti-aircraft defence system developed by the DRDO as part of the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme.

It has a strike range of 25 km and can carry a warhead of 60 kgs. It has the capability to target aircraft up to 30 km away and is packed with a battery that can track and attack several targets simultaneously, they said.

With the capability to neutralise aerial targets like fighter jets, cruise missiles, air-to-surface missiles etc, defence experts compare Akash to the American MIM-104 Patriot surface-to-air missile system.

The last trial was conducted on June 6, 2012 from the same base.

 

[janme]

Re: Surface-to-air Akash missile successfully test-fired

Army has already inducted then also why we are inducting it??

 

[Sridhar]

Re: Surface-to-air Akash missile successfully test-fired

Army has already inducted then also why we are inducting it??

It is the IAF.

 

[sayareakd]

Wonder why IA had not said that foreign system is better ?

 

[arnabmit]

Video:

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[Jagdish58]

Akash SAM Army Variant Tested For Engagement Modes


Monday, February 24, 2014VIDEO: Akash SAM Army Variant Tested For Engagement Modes


DRDO Statement: Akash, the indigenously designed developed and produced surface to air missile for the Indian Army was once again successfully flight tested today at the Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur. These were part of a series of trials being conducted in various engagement modes from the first of the production model system being produced to equip two regiments of the Indian Army. Both, today's flight destroying a target in receding ting mode, as well as the one conducted on 21st Feb 2014 (video) destroying an approaching target, fully met mission objectives. A few more trials are planned in different engagement modes.


The multi target, multi directional, all weather air-defence system consisting of surveillance and tracking radars, control centres and ground support systems mounted on high mobility vehicles for the Army version of Akash is designed to enable integration with other air defence command and control networks through secure communication links. Developed by DRDO, the Army version of Akash is being produced by Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) as the nodal production agency with the involvement of Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) and a large number of other industries. The total production value of Akash air defence systems cleared for induction by Indian Army and Indian Air force is more than Rs 23,000 crore.


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