Nirbhay Cruise Missile Development

[Prashant12]

#Nirbhay demonstrated its sea-skimming capability to cruise at very low altitudes.

 

[Nick Diniz]

Any idea if this test was with the Manik engine?

 

[patriots]

Any idea if this test was with the Manik engine?

Not tested with manik....................................

 

[indiatester]

Not tested with manik....................................

There was some chatter about this being with Manik. I did not see an official source though.
https://thediplomat.com/2019/02/india-to-test-fire-nuclear-capable-nirbhay-cruise-missile-in-april/

Notably, while the Nirbhay missiles for the first four trials were powered by Russian-made NPO Saturn 36MT mini turbofan engines, the missile prototype slated to be launched in April will carry the indigenously designed and developed Manik turbofan engine.

 

[tomato]

It wasn't Manik..instead it was an imported Russian engine.

 

[tomato]

Here is the press release

 

[porky_kicker]

It wasn't Manik..instead it was an imported Russian engine.

It was using Manik turbofan engine

Source:

http://www.odishabytes.com/nirbhay-successfully-test-fired-off-odisha-coast/amp/

While the Nirbhay missiles for the first four trials were powered by the Russian-made NPO Saturn 36MT mini turbofan engines, the missile prototype launched on Monday has the indigenously designed and developed Manik turbofan engine.

 

[patriots]

Development trial completed.......................

 

[patriots]

No
It was using Manik turbofan engine.

http://www.odishabytes.com/nirbhay-successfully-test-fired-off-odisha-coast/amp/

Bhai....don't go by this site..
Saurav jha confirmed.....no manik..

 

[Bhadra]

Fired from much deep Rajasthan it covers entire Pakistan

 

[porky_kicker]

Bhai....don't go by this site..
Saurav jha confirmed.....no manik..

Sjha is reliable most of times so possible no Manik

 

[cyclops]

Maybe we should check Ankit Panda's account. He would come out with an article in The Diplomat alleging how the missile failed within 20 secs of its flight. He would then cite his sources in the Pentagon and the State Department to lend some credibility to his article.

Vipin Narang would follow suit and soon you will find NDTV hosting these self proclaimed experts where they are going to spin a story about how the missile had failed and the long road ahead that lies ahead for Drdo in ironing out the defects and finetuning the missile system.

Rogoway will then pen a detailed analysis in the Drive Warzone on what might have gone wrong with the missile in today's test and then he along with his fellow editor, Trevithick will reiterate that the SBIRS constellation of early warning sats have seen the test in real time. And the secret is lurking in their hyper spectral IR imagery feed.

Here you go.
Vipin Narang with his trademark passive aggressive "bring-Modi-into-every-single-one-of-my-rhetoric" tweet to compensate for the fact that he couldn't find something solid to sling shit on.

They are so very petty.
I feel they rage like this whenever a pro India news pops up in their feed.

 

[Bhadra]

Launched from Sea..............

 

[Nick Diniz]

Sjha is reliable most of times so possible no Manik

+ 1 . Saurav Jha is the foremost supporter of indigenous products. If he says no then it’s most probably no.

 

[aarav]

There is also talk of ALCM Nirbhay to be tested on Flanker in near future ,it also confirms the ALCM version is being developed and so could be SLCM ,just a little extrapolating of Facts ,& not just Land attack version but by showing sea skimming ,it also shows it's Anti Ship qualities

 

[binayak95]

It was using Manik turbofan engine

Source:

http://www.odishabytes.com/nirbhay-successfully-test-fired-off-odisha-coast/amp/

Highly unreliable source, and this coming from an Odia!

These local media guys just misquote left right and centre. I'd take Saurav Jha's word over this.

 

[ezsasa]

There is also talk of ALCM Nirbhay to be tested on Flanker in near future ,it also confirms the ALCM version is being developed and so could be SLCM ,just a little extrapolating of Facts ,& not just Land attack version but by showing sea skimming ,it also shows it's Anti Ship qualitiesView attachment 34134 View attachment 34135

And Godrej had started delivering the order for 100 Brahmos ALCM airframes in aug 2018...

 

[tsunami]

But if manik wasn't used how can be development trials are finished? If engine which is supposed to be in final version is not yet tested once how people are saying that?

 

[Bhadra]

Nirbhay Missile Test: No Manik Engine Yet, Missile shows off its anti-ship capability

http://idrw.org/nirbhay-missile-tes...ows-off-its-anti-ship-capability/#more-198335 .
SOURCE: RAUNAK KUNDE / NEWS BEAT / IDRW.ORG

According to confirmed media reports, Nirbhay subsonic land-attack cruise missile tested today by India, was powered by Russian NPO Saturn 36MT mini turbofan engines and not by the indigenously developed Manik mini turbofan engine. The missile covered 650km in 42.3-minute fight duration and performance pre-set trajectory and maneuvered as low as five meters to a range of 2.5km during it’s entire flight regime . This is for the first time the missile flew such low, which in military terms is called as Tree top level of flying to remain under radar coverage but it also demonstrated that it posses anti-ship capability by flying close to 10 min or nearly 150 km at such low altitude which is a record for any local weapons itself.

DRDO for the first time confirmed that development of the Air-Launched Nirbhay Cruise missile will start from the end of this year and a new prototype will be ready for first flight test from Sukhoi-30 by 2021.

The Indian Navy is requesting that the Nirbhay have a range of at least 1,500 km.

DRDO is also planning to develop a New Smart Cruise missile with a range of 350-500 km with stealth characters to be used as Land Attack or Anti-ship weapon system for aircraft under IAF and Indian Navy. Submarine Launched variant of Nirbhay will be developed by a different branch of DRDO associated lab due to their prior experience with underwater launch platforms.

 

[Chinmoy]

How much range it was test fired.

630ish km.

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