K-15 Shaurya

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K-15 original scheme for ATV

 

[steelbird]

So shaurya and k-15 sagarika are basically the same missiles wid some modifications right??

 

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you can think of K-15 as the underwater version and shaurya as the land based version of the same missile.

 

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http://www.defenseworld.net/go/defe...id=1755&h=K-15 missile to be tested from land

K-15 missile to be tested from land

After successfully test-firing nuke-capable submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) K-15 from underwater, defence scientists are now planning a test from land next month.

Sources at Chandipur defence base Wednesday said for the first time the missile will be test-fired from a land-based launcher in the Integrated Test Range ( ), next month.

During the test, the scientists will check speed, trajectory, azimuth and other parameters of the missile set for the mission, sources told this website's newspaper. Earlier, the missile had undergone two tests from the underwater platform Pontoon (replica of a submarine) immersed inside the sea.

SLBM was successfully test-fired on February 27 this year from INS Kalinga off Visakhapatnam coast. India thus joined a select group of five nations —— Russia, the US, France, the UK and China to have the technology. The slender K-15 has a length of around 11 metres, larger than the 8.5 metre long Prithvi short-range ballistic missile but smaller than 15-metre-long Agni-1 ballistic missile. It can carry a payload up to one tonne.

‘The missile has two stages fitted into its half-a-metre wide body. An underwater booster propels it clear of the submarine and takes the missile to a height of 5 km above the sea surface. On reaching this altitude, a second stage solid motor kicks in to propel the missile to a distance of over 700 km,’ a defence scientist said.

India is yet to finish the construction of its own nuclear-powered submarine - advanced technology vessel (ATV), from which the SLBMs will be launched. The ATV is expected to be ready for sea trials next year.

 

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http://ibnlive.in.com/news/india-takes-npower-under-water-with-k15/59830-3.html

India takes N-power under water with K-15

New Delhi: So far, India's nuclear capability was limited to its weapons being fired only from land and air. The critical third leg of the nuclear triad - or the capability to launch nuclear weapons from under the sea - was missing.


On Tuesday, India is expected to take a significant step towards overcoming this gap with the final test-firing of a submarine-launched ballistic missile codenamed K-15, off Vizag.

“The K-15 is ready to be test-fired anytime because the systems are ready,” said Chief Controller Missiles, DRDO, Dr Prahlada.

Previously codenamed ‘Sagarika’, this missile has been test-fired five times earlier from underwater pontoons under a secret programme.

It can strike a land target at a range of 700 km with a one ton nuclear payload.

This will give stealth and survivability to India's nuclear weapons which is critical in view of India's nuclear weapons policy of “no-first use".

Believed to be named after former President A P J Abdul Kalam, the next challenge is integrating this weapon with the ATV, India's nuclear-powered submarine-in-the-making.

This vessel is due for sea trials by next year. India has planned a fleet of three nuclear submarines by 2012 and its nuclear weapons posture is beginning to look more credible.

 

[Singh]

Shaurya surfaces as India's underwater nuclear missile​

The country’s top defence scientist has, for the first time, revealed that India’s new Shaurya missile, which can carry a one-tonne nuclear warhead over 750 kilometers, is specially designed to be fired from Indian submarines and could form the crucial third leg of India’s nuclear deterrent.

If launched from a submarine off the China coast, it could hit several Chinese cities like Beijing, Nanjing and Shanghai.

Air and land-based nuclear weapons are delivered to their targets by fighter aircraft and ballistic missiles, respectively. Since these can be knocked out by an enemy first strike, the most reliable nuclear deterrent has traditionally been underwater, missiles hidden in a submarine.

V K Saraswat, the DRDO chief and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, revealed to Business Standard at the ongoing Defexpo 2010, “We have designed the Shaurya so that it can be launched from under water as easily as from land. The gas-filled canister that houses the missile fits easily into a submarine. The underwater leg of the nuclear triad needs to be totally reliable and needs a state-of-the-art missile.”

India’s undersea deterrent had so far revolved around the K-15 ballistic missile, built with significant help from Russia. The K-15 was to equip the INS Arihant, India’s lone nuclear-powered submarine, which is being constructed in Visakhapatnam. But now, after rigorous underwater testing, the Shaurya could be the mainstay of Arihant’s arsenal.

“The Shaurya was developed from ground up as a submarine-capable missile,” confirms Dr Prahlada, the top DRDO scientist responsible for liaising with the military. “Every piece of technology for fitting it in a submarine is already in place.”

Shortly before the Defexpo 2010, Dr Saraswat had publicly stated that India’s missile technology was ahead of China’s and Pakistan’s.

Now top DRDO scientists have revealed that the Shaurya is not a ballistic missile, as it has been thought to be; it is actually a hypersonic cruise missile, which never leaves the atmosphere.

A ballistic missile is like a stone being lobbed towards a target. Rockets toss it upwards and towards the target; after the rocket burns out, gravity pulls the missile warhead down towards the target. Buffeted by wind and re-entry forces, accuracy is a problem; and, since the ballistic missile’s path is predictable, shooting it down is relatively easy.

The Shaurya has none of these issues. Its solid-fuel, two-stage rocket accelerates the missile to six times the speed of sound before it reaches an altitude of 40 kilometers (125,000 feet), after which it levels out and cruises towards the target, powered by its onboard fuel.

While ballistic missiles cannot correct their course midway, the Shaurya is an intelligent missile. Onboard navigation computers kick in near the target, guiding the missile to the target and eliminating errors that inevitably creep in during its turbulent journey.

The Shaurya, say DRDO sources, will strike within 20-30 metres of its target after travelling 750 kilometres.

Conventional cruise missiles, like the American Tomahawk and the Indo-Russian Brahmos, offer similar accuracy. But their air-breathing engines carry them along slowly, rendering them vulnerable to enemy aircraft and missiles. The Shaurya’s solid-fuel, air-independent engine propels it along at hypersonic speeds, leaving enemy fighters and missiles far behind.

“I would say the Shaurya is a hybrid propulsion missile”, says Dr Saraswat. “Like a ballistic missile, it is powered by solid fuel. And, like a cruise missile, it can guide itself right up to the target.”

Making the Shaurya even more capable is its ability to manoeuvre, following a twisting path to the target that makes it very difficult to shoot it down. In contrast, a ballistic missile is predictable; its trajectory gives away its target and its path to it.

http://www.business-standard.com/in...as-india\s-underwater-nuclear-missile/385952/

 

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http://www.aviationweek.com/aw/blog...79a7Post:e595371a-65e5-49f5-9368-9c4bccb9ab05

India's Shaurya Missile Designed for Submarine Launch

India’s new Shaurya missile, which can carry a one-ton nuclear warhead over 750 kilometers, is specially designed to be fired from Indian submarines and could form the crucial third leg of India’s nuclear deterrent, India's top defense scientist has revealed.

V K Saraswat, the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) chief and Scientific Advisor to the Defence Minister, revealed to the daily Business Standard today that the Shaurya had been designed “so that it can be launched from under water as easily as from land. The gas-filled canister that houses the missile fits easily into a submarine. The underwater leg of the nuclear triad needs to be totally reliable and needs a state-of-the-art missile.”

“The Shaurya was developed from ground up as a submarine-capable missile,” confirms Dr Prahlada, the top DRDO scientist responsible for liaising with the military. “Every piece of technology for fitting it in a submarine is already in place.”

Saraswat has recently publicly stated that India’s missile technology was ahead of China’s and Pakistan’s.

Shaurya is not a ballistic missile, as it has been thought to be, writes the Business Standard; it is actually a hypersonic cruise missile.

“I would say the Shaurya is a hybrid propulsion missile”, says Saraswat. “Like a ballistic missile, it is powered by solid fuel. And, like a cruise missile, it can guide itself right up to the target.”

 

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http://www.upiasia.com/Security/2010/03/04/indias_emerging_maritime_clout/7272/

But the indigenously developed Shaurya missile, capable of being fired underwater by Indian submarines, was the pièce de résistance of the exhibition. The missile is a canister-launched, solid-fuelled hypersonic surface-to-surface tactical weapon capable of carrying a payload of conventional or nuclear warheads.

With a range of 700 to 1,900 kilometers, the trajectory of the missile, unlike ballistic missiles, can be preprogrammed to make it difficult for anti-missile systems to intercept.

Using conventional fuel-air explosive warheads, the missile can cause devastation similar to that of a mini-nuke. The missile has been optimized for the Indian nuclear submarine program, represented by the nuclear-powered INS Arihant submarine.

croos posted originally posted by Nitesh

 

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India's Nuclear Capable Hypersonic Cruise Missile

 

[neo29]

K Series Missiles

In the latest India Today Magazine , the weekly magazine has provided more information on India's secret "K" series missile development , India Today has claimed that DRDO this January 2010 has already successfully tested a 3500 km SLBM (sea launched Ballistic Missile) New missile named K-4 , as per information provided by India Today the missiles seems to be a different project all together and is not based on Agni-3 which was supposed to be Agni-3 SL (Sub Launched) which was claimed to be in development by various section in Indian defence circles

K which has been kept in honor of Kalam Father of Indian Missiles in DRDO , K-4 has been designed with stealth characters and using advance metals it light weight and will be carried by INS Arihant India's Nuclear Attack Submarine along with K-15 a shorter 750 km range missiles ,which already has been tested and its Land attack version named "Shaurya" which is based on K-15 has been publicly acknowledged by DRDO and its details have been made public .

Article in India Today also mentions development of a new Missile which has not been mentioned any earlier reports in Indian media , 4m length , 2 tonne Air launched cruise missile Hypersonic missile which will be carried under the belly of sukhoi Su 30 MKI .

2 tonne ALCM seems to be too heavy since most of the ALCM which are available around the world weight less then half and have a range of 350 to 500km , recently DRDO had announced the development of new Hypersonic air launched cruise missile named LRCM with range of 600km , was this missile a Technology Demonstrator model for the development on this new LRCM or is a separate development in its self , needs to be seen .

idrw.org

 

[warriorextreme]

is this true??
if yes then it no more a secret..
would like to know more about this K series..

 

[arya]

we speak more and act less that only fault we have

 

[plugwater]

we speak more and act less that only fault we have

In most of the cases. but definitely not in this project.

 

[warriorextreme]

in one pakistani forum ppl are discussing it from last day..

 

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Anyone know if the AGNI SLBM will be MIRV'D or the K family of SLBM?? or both?? This is why 40 sukhois have been commisioned for nuclear command for the air launched version.

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/09/pti-indias-joint-nuclear-command-wants.html
India's Joint Nuclear Command Wants 40 Nuclear Strike Jets

 

[neo29]

India Today Pages

livefist.com

 

[plugwater]

Anyone know if the AGNI SLBM will be MIRV'D or the K family of SLBM?? or both?? This is why 40 sukhois have been commisioned for nuclear command for the air launched version.

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/09/pti-indias-joint-nuclear-command-wants.html
India's Joint Nuclear Command Wants 40 Nuclear Strike Jets

Agni 3 SL is K-4. Yes, it ll have MIRV.

 

[neo29]

Agni 3 SL is K-4. Yes, it ll have MIRV.

Article states K-4 is different that Agni 3 AL

 

[Rahul Singh]

Anyone know if the AGNI SLBM will be MIRV'D or the K family of SLBM?? or both?? This is why 40 sukhois have been commisioned for nuclear command for the air launched version.

http://livefist.blogspot.com/2010/09/pti-indias-joint-nuclear-command-wants.html
India's Joint Nuclear Command Wants 40 Nuclear Strike Jets

In todays world MIRVs are must for any nuclear device delivering platform be it tactical or ballistic missiles or even fighter jets. I don't know if anything like Agni-3 SLBM exists but definitely Agni-3 and K-4 will be armed with MIRVs. On many occasions DRDO has hinted towards it but since this is a sensitive technology they may never accept it existence officially .

SU-30MKIs are being hardened to carry long range air launched N-tipped missiles. Today two missiles are in making for the purpose, first one is 1000 KM range cruise missile Nirbhay and second one (as per this India Today article) is 200 Km range hypersonic missile which is presently being developed under name 'Air Launched Article'. However i seriously believe 200KM of Air Launched Article is just the minimum range.

Agni 3 SL is K-4. Yes, it ll have MIRV.

Looking at weight-length-payload-range proportions of this K-4 missile i can say it is very much a different missile from Agni-3 or its speculated 'Submarine launched' version. Though without any doubt this K-4 missile uses various technology used in Agni-3 but nevertheless this K-4 is a quantum jump over Agni-3 and as article says uses advance light weight propellent and propulsion system which in itself is a very big achievement.

 

[black eagle]

in one pakistani forum ppl are discussing it from last day..

which forum are you talking about?? I posted it at one yesterday just to tick them off....