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Once the CBI completes its investigation, it might be forced to put IAI on a 10yr blacklist.
no,it relays on escorting ships air defence.
May not be barak 8 but Barak1 which is also placed on INS Virrat..r we putting up barak on vikramaditya ??
Russia's technology is 20-30 years behind the west (read as US) and is falling further behind by the day. If you think Russia can under such circumstances develope a be-all-end-all weapon then you must be the ones believing in miracle.Sea-RAM can take on super sonic cruise missiles targets too. Aster and SM aren't the only ones. I don't think there is anything out there that can shoot down the brahmos, it flies indeed at mach 2.8+ but we forget it has terminal maneuvers, it has various types of terminal maneuvers at nearly mach 3 so as of yet Brahmos remains undefeated.
Brahmos is dependent on Indian claims, not Russian. Aegis is not meant to stop the Brahmos. The RIM-162 and RIM-174 are meant for it.The newest Aegis system can probably handle a missile that flies and maneuvers twice as fast. Further more Russian specs are known to be greatly exaggerated,
I am not sure if Brahmos has been officially approved for export.I wouldn't be surprised if Brahmos turns out to be a total lemon (one has to wonder why is it so that so few buyers (basically 3rd world countries barred from buying arms from the west) are buying this 'indefendable' weapon?)
India arms jets with BrahMos missiles - UPI.comA senior company executive, who asked not to be named, said "serious negotiations" were underway with South Africa, Brazil and Chile for a maritime version of the missile, while Indonesia has been offered a land-based BrahMos.
The last I checked South Africa, Brazil, Chile and Malaysia have easy access to American Harpoon or French Exocet. Poor countries cannot afford Brahmos. Vietnam and Indonesia too.The keenest interest, however, has come from Malaysia, which is looking for a new weapons system to fit its Meko A100 Kedah class ships.
If you think Russia can under such circumstances develope a be-all-end-all weapon then you must be the ones believing in miracle.
The newest Aegis system can probably handle a missile that flies and maneuvers twice as fast. Further more Russian specs are known to be greatly exaggerated, I wouldn't be surprised if Brahmos turns out to be a total lemon (one has to wonder why is it so that so few buyers (basically 3rd world countries barred from buying arms from the west) are buying this 'indefendable' weapon?)
http://defenceforumindia.com/forum/...uccessfully-intercepts-supersonic-target.htmlSea-RAM can take on super sonic cruise missiles targets too. Aster and SM aren't the only ones.
Rear Admiral Rakesh Pandit, NM, CSO (SV) being briefed about LRSAM during his visit.
9 August 2012
Source: http://bdl.ap.nic.in/annualreporteng2012.pdf
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India-Israel joint venture to manufacture missiles fails to take off
India-Israel joint venture to manufacture missiles fails to take off - The Times of IndiaHYDERABAD: The joint venture between India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and Israeli Aerospace Industry to manufacture Long Range Surface-to-Air Missile (LR SAM) and Medium Range Surface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM) has turned out to be a non-starter.
The long range missiles were to have been delivered to the Indian Navy by 2012 while the medium range missiles should be in the Indian Air Force weaponry by 2017. However, both the delivery schedules are way behind schedule and show no signs of meeting them even in the near future.
DRDO officials are blaming the lack of progress in the joint venture due to lack of transparency and non-transfer of technology by their Israeli counterparts. And the recent trials that were conducted by the Indian defence organization failed to meet the standards of both the IAF and the Indian Navy. The entire cost of Rs 12,500 crore of the joint venture is being funded by India and the inordinate delay and lack of progress in the project has turned into a big cause of worry in the defence ministry.
According to sources, the LR-SAMs project was commissioned in 2006 and the delivery of the missiles to the Indian Navy should have happened by 2012. Similarly, the MR-SAM venture was signed in 2009 and the missiles are to be delivered to the Indian Air Force by 2017. Both both the projects are way behind schedule and show no signs of making progress.
"Frankly speaking, right now, not much is going on in the joint venture due to various issues between the two sides. Expecting Israel to share its technology with India is unfair. But such things should have been clarified before the joint venture was entered into," said an official.
DRDO is maintaining that it is because of the lack of transfer of technology that the trials that have been conducted so far have ended up as failures. "Industries are merely getting the drawings as to how to produce certain systems and such things are leading to deviations from the laid down specifications because the knowledge to develop the systems is not being imparted," said the sources.
DRDO officials are also attributing the delay to complicated and long procedure involving shuttling between India and Israel for various stages of development of a system etc. The Hyderabad-based Indian defence organization also reportedly found itself helpless on problems in propulsion system and other related issues while a significant number of parts or systems are yet to be tested following a delay in manufacturing.
However, when quizzed on the issue, DRDO Director General Avinash Chander told TOI that nothing was amiss. "Everything is going on as per the plan and development trials are on. We shall be able to deliver the MR-SAMs as per schedule. Right now, the contribution from India in the joint venture project is about 20% and would ultimately reach 80% in the final stages."
Regarding the already delayed LR-SAM, DRDO officials are not coming on record. MR-SAM, one of the major demands of the forces, is to have a range of 70 kms or so, and the IAF is banking on replacing its ageing Soviet-made Pechora SAM missiles with the MR-SAMs. But nobody is sure how long the wait is going to be, and whether the delivery will take place at all.