BrahMos Cruise Missile

[karn]

I dunno if this has been posted before but ...

I like gifs.

 

[sorcerer]

BrahMos Missile to Enter Service in Indian Air Forces in 2016
A further 10 tests will be conducted by the end of the year. In May, a test flight with the launching system for the missile will be held.

The Indian Air Forces plans to adopt the new BrahMos cruise missile, which can be launched from aircraft, in 2016, Sudhir Mishra, managing director for Russian-Indian joint venture Brahmos Aerospace Ltd, told RIA Novosti.

In February, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) handed over a license to BrahMos to use the upgraded Su-30MKI aircraft for testing the missile.

"According to the schedule, the missile is expected to enter service in 2016. A further 10 tests will be conducted by the end of the year. In May, a test flight with the launching system for the missile will be conducted," Mishra said.

Then, test flights with the missile and mockup and missile launches will be held, according to him.

BrahMos-A is a short-range supersonic cruise missile based on the Russian P-800 Oniks prototype. It can be launched from submarines, ships, aircrafts and land and travels at speed of Mach 3. The missile weighs about 2.5 tons is over 8.5 meters in length.

The missile is a product of the Russian-Indian cooperation in weapon development. It was designed by Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace. The navy-based version of the missile entered service in the Indian Armed Forces in 2016.

Russian and India are major partners in the field of military and technical cooperation. Over 70 percent of weapons and equipment in the Indian Armed Forces are of Russian and Soviet production.




Read more: http://hindi.sputniknews.com/south_asia/20150318/1013800051.html#ixzz3UkwxPG8X

 

[Lions Of Punjab]

INDIAN AIR FORCE TO USE RUSSIAN-INDIAN MISSILE BY 2016


LANGKAWI — The Indian Air Force plans to start mounting BrahMos cruise missiles on its aircraft in 2016, BrahMos Aerospace CEO Sudhir Mishra told RIA Novosti Wednesday.

The short-range supersonic missile was jointly developed by Russia and India and has been in use by the Indian Navy since 2005.

"The missile is scheduled to be adopted in 2016, ten more tests will be carried out by the end of the year," Mishra said.

He added that the next test flight is due in May with the aircraft carrying the missile launcher. This will be followed by flights with the equipped missiles and, eventually, test firing them.

India is Russia's biggest arms trade partner, with more than 70 percent of India's military equipment coming from Russia or the former Soviet Union, according to Russia's state arms exporter.

The two countries are taking part in the major Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace Exhibition (LIMA'15), currently underway in Malaysia.

Indian Air Force to Use Russian-Indian Missile by 2016 / Sputnik International

 

[sorcerer]

BrahMos Missiles To Be Inducted Into Arsenals Of Several Countries

Indian Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar has declared that India plans to export arms and train military personnel from other countries.

Speaking on Sunday at the International conference on India & the Indian Ocean, head of the Indian defence ministry said:

"At least 38 countries are sending their defence personnel for training in India. We are also considering to supply some sort of defence materials through export or through line of credit to the countries so that they can depend on India for their defence."

Manohar Parrikar did not name the countries that will avail to these offers. However, Russian journalists have come to know that one of the potential customers of Indian arms may become Russia.


The management of the Indo-Russian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace has already offered the Ministry of Defence of Russia the supersonic cruise missile BrahMos. As stated to the newspaper "Izvestia" by one of the directors of the company — Alexander Maksichev, "Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu has been informed of the capabilities of our missiles and has been offered the option of adopting BrahMos in the Russian Army, Navy and Air Force".

Some Russian experts are extremely skeptical in their approach to the possibility of purchase of the BrahMos missile by Russian Armed Forces. Igor Korotchenko, Chief Editor of "National Defence", totally eliminates the possibility of induction into the Russian armed forces of missiles with foreign components.

Especially, as Russia has its own analogue of the BrahMos missile. Moreover, the BrahMos is a modernized version of the Russian supersonic cruise missiles "Onyx" / "Yakhont". And the universal anti-ship missile system – the medium-range "Onyx" is being already serially supplied to the Russian Navy and is undergoing official trials.


However, a number of Russian experts indicate that products manufactured by BrahMos Aerospace may be of interest to the Russian Air Force. After all, neither the "Onyx" nor the "Yakhont" have been adapted to be deployed on aircrafts.

And India has already begun trials of the aviation version of BrahMos. This modification is 500 pounds lighter and a half a meter shorter than the land-launched and the marine version.

In February, the Indian Air Force received deliveries of the first modified Su-30MKI fighters, capable of carrying BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles. And by 2016, the Indian Air Force is expected to adopt the aerial version of the BrahMos.

"For Russia, it makes sense to buy BrahMos missiles, at least in limited quantities", — considers Ruslan Pukhov, director of the Center for Analysis of Strategies and Technologies — and equip these missiles, for example, those Su-30MK's, which are based in Crimea".

This will create a compact aviation formation, which will be equally capable of dealing with threats arising from the land, sea and the air. After all, the Su-30 is also a great fighter aircraft with super-maneuverability capabilities. The Su-30 can carry three BrahMos missiles, which would make this aircraft a formidable anti-ship complex.

The management of BrahMos Aerospace expects to expand the market for the export version of the aircraft missiles — BrahMos-A — to countries that have the Su-30's in active service. Primarily, these are friendly countries with which India has stable relations like — Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

BrahMos Missiles To Be Inducted Into Arsenals Of Several Countries / Sputnik India English - News, Opinion, Radio

 

[power_monger]

Indian Army test-fires BrahMos supersonic cruise missile from Andaman Islands, operationalises new regiment. - Shiv aroor


Good to hear! Indian Army operationalises another regiment of Brahmos missile. Done after a test firing from Car-Nic - Nithin gokhale

 

[power_monger]

The block III variant of brahmos with steep dive capability was launched by an army unit this morning, say official sources. It passed all parameters - Nithin Gokhale

 

[uoftotaku]

To maximize effectiveness of Brahmos in Naval context, the Navy needs to invest heavily in over the horizon target acquisition and inertial guidance technologies. What the Americans refer to as a Kill Chain. They use a combination of satellites with various detection and tracking means, MPA assets, surface vessel mounted radars and submarine provided location data to pick out targets but the technology is very vulnerable to disruption, hence why they have never seriously invested in long range anti-ship missiles, Harpoon et all barely break 120km max range mark. Only now are they seriously developing long range systems with LRASM and Blk IV Tomahawk both of which can reach out beyond 500km. For IN, I have not seen any evidence of a serious investment in such targeting technology. Its all good having the most lethal anti-ship weapon in the world, but unless you can find a target to aim at...those missiles will sit in their silos...

 

[cobra commando]

Brazil, Venezuela evince interest in BrahMos missile | The Financial Express

 

[Bheeshma]

I doubt India will be comfortable with that sale. Let's start with Vietnam and Indonesia.

 

[cobra commando]

India validates precision strike capability of BrahMos land-attack cruise missile

 

[cobra commando]

Paris, June 18: France has agreed 'in principle' to India's request for a crucial internal guidance technology to be provided by French company Safran (Sagem) for the BrahMos missiles. The issue was discussed in a bilateral meeting between the French Minister of Defence Jean- Yves Le Drian and visiting Indian Minister of State for Defence Production Rao Inderjit Singh at a meeting in Paris on Wednesday. Singh told Media India Group in an exclusive interview in Paris that he had already discussed the issue with the senior management of Sagem, which of course had agreed to provide the technology, if the French government gave its permission. "Following this, I raised the issue with the French minister and he told me that he did not see a problem in this technology being given to BrahMos and now Sagem will have to apply for the permission to the French government for the technology transfer to happen," a confident Singh said.Singh pointed out that Sagem would not be transferring the technology to the Indian government but to BrahMos, which is an Indo-Russian joint venture, even though the navigation system is for missiles of below 300 km range. The two sides also discussed the progress in the Rafale deal, which has acquired real pace and a sense of urgency following the surprise announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi at his joint press conference with French President Francois Hollande in Paris in April to buy 36 aircraft. "The governments on both sides have agreed on the broad terms of the deal and now it is upto the negotiating teams on both sides to finalise all the details.


Read more:
France to supply key technology for BrahMos missiles

 

[SajeevJino]

Brahmos Missile Faces Electronic Warfare Challenge

Indian MoS for Defence Production, Rao Inderjit Singh, met French Minister of Defence Jean-Yves Le Drian on Wednesday, June 17, 2015 in Paris. Among other things, the two ministers discussed India's desire to equip its Brahmos supersonic cruise missile with inertial navigation system developed by French company Safran (Sagem). The French minister agreed in principle to the sale which will be progressed by bureaucrats from both countries

The Brahmos is currently equipped with an Indian developed Satellite Navigation (SatNav) system capable of using signals from GPS, Glonass and INSS constellations, and an Indian developed Inertial Navigation System (INS), which is continuously updated using SatNav.

Gagan Aerospace in Hyderabad makes the Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System of the missile developed by Research Center Imarat (RCI).

The imperative to replace the inertial navigation system at this late stage in the life cycle of the missile (first test launched in India in late 2004) may confound many defense watchers. It's clear that the currently fitted INS is deemed inadequate. As to the late realization, there is probably a less damning explanation than DRDO ineptness.

The primary navigation system of the Brahmos is SatNav, with INS being the fallback system. The navigation system is required to bring the missile within close proximity of the target so as to allow the terminal seeker to lock on for pinpoint endgame accuracy.

When Brahmos was developed SatNav was considered accurate and reliable. Today, SatNav is even more accurate, but very unreliable! Electronic Warfare (EW) is the reason!

Electronic Warfare Challenge

SatNav signals can be jammed or spoofed.

A SatNav jammer broadcasts noise (in the L1 and L2 bands typically used for SatNav signals) to overwhelm the rather weak signals emanating from a navigation satellite high in Geosynchronous or Geostationary orbit. Placed in the vicinity of the target, a jammer can cause a SatNav guided missile, shell or bomb to go astray during the endgame.

Spoofing is more subtle than jamming. Typically it involves generating a counterfeit satellite navigation signal identical in structure to a normal signal, or rebroadcasting an authentic satellite navigation signal captured elsewhere causing a navigation error.

Typically, a navigational drift is caused by first broadcasting a signal synchronized with the actual GPS signal and then introducing a progressively increasing error.

It is believed that such spoofing lead astray a Lockheed RQ-170 drone aircraft in northeastern Iran in December, 2011, resulting in the drone's capture.

It is interesting to note that GPS jamming has rapidly evolved over the last five or six years. When India procured the Brahmos from Russia in the early years of the century, GPS jamming wasn't a serious threat. Today you can buy a GPS area jammer for a few thousand dollars. As a result, future battlefields will bristle with them!

The US is facing up to the reality of GPS jamming by improving the accuracy of the fallback inertial systems on its smart weapons, or adding laser guidance as an endgame alternative to SatNav and coordinates.

The widely used US Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guidance kit that converts unguided gravity bombs, or "dumb bombs," into smart munitions is being tweaked to be more GPS jamming resistant. Proposals to incorporate laser guidance and imaging target recognition are being looked at.

Like the US, India sees the need for a very accurate inertial navigation system that can take Brahmos to its terminal seeker lock on zone for the target if SatNav is compromised.

Lessons for India
The rapidity with which the relevance of the Brahmos missile has come into question because of EW has lessons for India.

DRDO's claim that it co-developed the Brahmos notwithstanding, the missile was Russian, and now it has become Russian and French.

Having developed the INS for the missile, RCI appears to have rested on its oars, allowing obsolescence to creep in. Or perhaps RCI didn't develop the INS in the first place?

To its credit, RCI has been focusing on improving SatNav capability.

On July 8, 2014 a Brahmos missile featuring a G3oM navigational system on chip (SOC) was successfully tested. Developed by RCI lab and produced by Bengaluru based private company Accord Software, the 17-gm G3oM chip can utilize either the GLONASS military signal, or the GAGAN (Augmented GPS) signal, seamlessly and automatically switching between the two, to provide positional updates to host missile or aircraft to an accuracy of 3m. (In future, Indian missiles will have access to the military signal of the IRNSS.)

G3oM reportedly features two antennas for redundancy; in case one antenna is shielded as a result of maneuvering by the host missile, aircraft or even tank, the other antenna ensures access to satellite signal.

The G3oM is small enough to be fitted on Pinaka artillery rockets and smart bombs to make them deadly accurate.

By VK Thakur

https://www.myind.net/myind-dispatch-brahmos-missile-faces-electronic-warfare-challenge

 

[power_monger]

Brahmos Missile Faces Electronic Warfare Challenge
https://www.myind.net/myind-dispatch-brahmos-missile-faces-electronic-warfare-challenge

Considering that Brahmos uses seeker for the end game to scan target(ships) i do think article is more of gas than actual substance.

 

[Khagesh]

The technical claims by Thakur ji, seem all reasonable and supportable. But I don't think its really is about Brahmos. Inertial Navigation drifts both on account of angular velocity changes and linear acceleration changes with each error feeding the other. This has multiple uses besides Brahmos. In fact I suspect Brahmos may have multiple guidance mechanisms built into its various Blocks.

Could be that either the French govt. trying to sweeten the Rafale deal or the Indian govt. trying to extract the best mileage from the Rafale deal. There is a need to read the reportage separate from the report itself.

 

[power_monger]

The technical claims by Thakur ji, seem all reasonable and supportable. But I don't think its really is about Brahmos. Inertial Navigation drifts both on account of angular velocity changes and linear acceleration changes with each error feeding the other. This has multiple uses besides Brahmos. In fact I suspect Brahmos may have multiple guidance mechanisms built into its various Blocks.

Could be that either the French govt. trying to sweeten the Rafale deal or the Indian govt. trying to extract the best mileage from the Rafale deal. There is a need to read the reportage separate from the report itself.

Check this.
Seeking the future: An interview with Dr G Satheesh Reddy, Director Research Centre Imarat

SauravJha: Dr Reddy, do you feel that India's delivery capability is potent enough over ranges of 5000 kms or more, given that we presently lack a global navigation satellite system of our own and must rely on foreign constellations for updates to remove accumulated errors in the inertial navigation system (INS)?

Satheesh Reddy: Jamming or spoofing over the entire trajectory of 5-6000 km is not really a feasible proposition for anybody given the altitude and the orientation of the missile antenna. Moreover you would note that we are fielding systems that can receive multi-constellation updates. Receivers can also be designed to work in jamming conditions by employing things like null steering antennas. Yes it is possible that the signal itself may be turned off over a stretch approaching the target. Neverthelessthe ring laser gyroscope (RLG) based INS used in our long range missiles gives sufficient accuracy for credible strategic deterrence on its own under any circumstances.

 

[cobra commando]

After years in development and modifications, the Indian Air Force and BrahMos Corp. are finally ready to conduct their first dummy test-firing of a BrahMos- A supersonic cruise missile from a modified Su-30 MKI. Livefist can confirm that BrahMos plans the dummy test-firing in March, and aims to conduct the first live missile test-firing from the same aircraft in the June-July period. The belly pylon & launcher are currently underdoing final qualification tests. BrahMos Corp. CEO Sudhir Mishra has revealed to a journal that the launcher will then be put through final shock tests before being cleared for the dummy firing in March. If things go well, it's going to be a lively March. The Tejas will also be test-firing its first Derby BVRAAM that month.

Finally, BrahMos-A Flanker Test In March

 

[cannonfodder]

India to build BrahMos Block III for Russia

The Indian Army has the cruise missile Brahmos Block-III, one of the most lethal weapons systems that currently exist in the world, the publication ‘Defence News’ writes. This cruise missile is capable of flights at supersonic speeds, making it hard for enemy radar to track, as well as being practically invulnerable to modern anti-missile and air defence systems.

Brahmos Block-III is a joint Russian-Indian project, which is based on the P-800 Oniks missile, which is exported under the name ‘Yakhont’. This, however, has not stopped the specialists at ‘Defence News’ from comparing it with its Chinese analogue; the DF-21; and finding major advantages in the Russian-Indian missile.

The Brahmos Block-III is superior to the DF-21 in all respects, and is likely to soon capture the global market, say experts. Both these missiles are designed as destroyers of ships, with the Chinese DF-21 often being called the “killer of aircraft carriers”. Pyotr Topychkanov, senior researcher at the Safety Centre of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations RAS, said there is an important point in making such comparisons; the DF-21 project has gone much further, in terms of development, in contrast to the Brahmos Block-III, which is still in the prototype stage.

“Accordingly, it is not yet clear when, and in what form, the Brahmos Block-III will be placed into service. Perhaps, according to the announced specifications, it really is superior to the DF-21, but how this project will finally evolve in real terms is difficult to say, and thus comparing these two missiles is very difficult,” said Topychkanov.

The expert notes that the Brahmos is a joint-venture project between Russia and India, and the Indians, according to the documents that form the core of this project cannot go it alone on this missile, including in the development of any or all of its components.

“From this perspective, we cannot say that the Indians are venturing out on their own, and creating their own missile,” said Topychkanov. The Indians are calculating, the expert notes, that the Brahmos Block-III missile will become one of their best-selling exports.

“At the same time, according to the original agreement signed between Russia and India, it was assumed that this rocket would be purchased not only by India, but also by Russia. However, a while ago, Moscow began rethinking this decision, as Russia has its own Oniks system, and this has become a stumbling block in the path of manufacturing and selling of the Brahmos Block-III missiles on the world arms market.”

There is another precedent that may be recalled; the multi-functional fighter Su-30MKI. It was designed exclusively for Indian military requirements, but then, there was a decision to also purchase it for the needs of Russia’s Aerospace Defence Forces.

The same fate probably awaits the Brahmos Block-III, especially since it is closely connected with the Su-30MKI project.

“Now that Russia has decided to buy the Su-30MKI aircraft, the Brahmos missiles have a good chance of coming into service with the Russian Armed Forces. The fact is that this year, they are planning to carry out the first live testing of the Brahmos air-based missiles that were designed just for the Su-30MKI fighter jets. So this project is being implemented, in one way or another, in the interests of the armed forces of both India and Russia,” said Topychkanov.

Based, therefore, on the fact that Russia is going to buy the Su-30MKI, according to Topychkanov, it may be easily concluded that Moscow is considering arming these aircraft with the Brahmos Block-III missiles.

This project again displays how this military cooperation with India is beneficial also for Russia, in the case of both the Su-30MKI, and Brahmos-Block-III.

In addition, we must not forget about the export version of the T-50 platform; the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA fighter jet) which, in the coming years, will be developed for the needs of the Indian Air Force.

This project will yield for Russia a new version of the fifth-generation fighter, which will be significantly different from the aircraft which will enter into service in the Russian armed forces this year.

http://idrw.org/india-to-build-brahmos-block-iii-for-russia/

 

[Gessler]

India to build BrahMos Block III for Russia

The Indian Army has the cruise missile Brahmos Block-III, one of the most lethal weapons systems that currently exist in the world, the publication ‘Defence News’ writes. This cruise missile is capable of flights at supersonic speeds, making it hard for enemy radar to track, as well as being practically invulnerable to modern anti-missile and air defence systems.

Brahmos Block-III is a joint Russian-Indian project, which is based on the P-800 Oniks missile, which is exported under the name ‘Yakhont’. This, however, has not stopped the specialists at ‘Defence News’ from comparing it with its Chinese analogue; the DF-21; and finding major advantages in the Russian-Indian missile.

The Brahmos Block-III is superior to the DF-21 in all respects, and is likely to soon capture the global market, say experts. Both these missiles are designed as destroyers of ships, with the Chinese DF-21 often being called the “killer of aircraft carriers”. Pyotr Topychkanov, senior researcher at the Safety Centre of the Institute of World Economy and International Relations RAS, said there is an important point in making such comparisons; the DF-21 project has gone much further, in terms of development, in contrast to the Brahmos Block-III, which is still in the prototype stage.

“Accordingly, it is not yet clear when, and in what form, the Brahmos Block-III will be placed into service. Perhaps, according to the announced specifications, it really is superior to the DF-21, but how this project will finally evolve in real terms is difficult to say, and thus comparing these two missiles is very difficult,” said Topychkanov.

The expert notes that the Brahmos is a joint-venture project between Russia and India, and the Indians, according to the documents that form the core of this project cannot go it alone on this missile, including in the development of any or all of its components.

“From this perspective, we cannot say that the Indians are venturing out on their own, and creating their own missile,” said Topychkanov. The Indians are calculating, the expert notes, that the Brahmos Block-III missile will become one of their best-selling exports.

“At the same time, according to the original agreement signed between Russia and India, it was assumed that this rocket would be purchased not only by India, but also by Russia. However, a while ago, Moscow began rethinking this decision, as Russia has its own Oniks system, and this has become a stumbling block in the path of manufacturing and selling of the Brahmos Block-III missiles on the world arms market.”

There is another precedent that may be recalled; the multi-functional fighter Su-30MKI. It was designed exclusively for Indian military requirements, but then, there was a decision to also purchase it for the needs of Russia’s Aerospace Defence Forces.

The same fate probably awaits the Brahmos Block-III, especially since it is closely connected with the Su-30MKI project.

“Now that Russia has decided to buy the Su-30MKI aircraft, the Brahmos missiles have a good chance of coming into service with the Russian Armed Forces. The fact is that this year, they are planning to carry out the first live testing of the Brahmos air-based missiles that were designed just for the Su-30MKI fighter jets. So this project is being implemented, in one way or another, in the interests of the armed forces of both India and Russia,” said Topychkanov.

Based, therefore, on the fact that Russia is going to buy the Su-30MKI, according to Topychkanov, it may be easily concluded that Moscow is considering arming these aircraft with the Brahmos Block-III missiles.

This project again displays how this military cooperation with India is beneficial also for Russia, in the case of both the Su-30MKI, and Brahmos-Block-III.

In addition, we must not forget about the export version of the T-50 platform; the fifth generation fighter aircraft (FGFA fighter jet) which, in the coming years, will be developed for the needs of the Indian Air Force.

This project will yield for Russia a new version of the fifth-generation fighter, which will be significantly different from the aircraft which will enter into service in the Russian armed forces this year.

http://idrw.org/india-to-build-brahmos-block-iii-for-russia/

• Russia isn't gonna buy Su-30MKI. They already have their own version of the MKI airframe, the Su-30SM. The SM is, at present, clearly better than any other Su-30 variant in the world including MKI. It has most everything MKI has, plus most of the systems (radar+instrumentation etc.) are newer, improved versions. The total order for Su-30SM will easily exceed 100 aircraft.

• The BrahMos Block-III is exclusively designed for Indian conditions and requirement. Especially against China - that's why it comes with features like steep-dive capability designed to maximize potential against targets entrenched in mountains.

• No Russian is going to buy BrahMos, ever. Why? Because they already have the base platform of the said missile-type, the P-800 Oniks. They can improve on it and build as many as they wish. Russians buying BrahMos would be implying that there is something Indian on the missile which the Russians are not capable of developing themselves...which is BS. Plus, if you're buying BrahMos, you have to do so via the BrahMos Aerospace JV company where India holds 50.5% stake & Russia holds the rest - which means most of the revenue from such a purchase would go to India. So when Russia can build & modify Oniks as much as they wish, even incorporating cruise missile technologies that India as yet does not have access to, why on earth would they want to give up over 50% of the money to India to import the same techs instead of making them at home and having 100% of the money flowing within it's own military-industrial complex? It makes practically ZERO sense.

• In effect, if at all Russia wants Su-30SM to be launching a supersonic Ramjet CM, it would be using an air-launched version of the Oniks. Besides, Russia has scores of bombers like Tu-95, Tu-22M and Tu-160 which are the ideal cruise missile-launch platforms and can carry several such missiles (even ones bigger than BrahMos). India lacks such aircraft therefore we have to rely on the Flanker.

That's one of the reasons why it's taking so long to put the BrahMos on MKI - the Flanker was never intended as a supersonic cruise missile platform, if Russians wanted such a missile to be air-launched, they would have put it on the bombers by default.

IDRW, as usual, spews BS.

 

[garg_bharat]

Well as per my knowledge, Russians are ready to buy products from Russia-India JVs.
Whether they buy Brahmos or not is besides the point. May be they will buy.

The modernization of Russian forces has increased immediate needs so they may take Indian production.

 

[Superdefender]

@Gessler, the original source is in.rbth.com, not idrw.org. And Russians are willing to buy Block-III version. Perhaps they have calculated that buying block-III will cost less than upgrading ONIKs to that level.