Nirbhay Cruise Missile Test 2013

[Yusuf]

Crap! But the 20 mins of flight would have given valuable data and off course the reasons for failure after 20mins of flight will be determined and rectified. Hope for the next test soon.

 

[Shaitan]

Breaking on Tarmak007 |
Nirbhay terminated for the
safety of the coast: Sources (Updated)


India's maiden test-firing of Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile ended on a sad note with the scientists deciding to terminate it, 20 minutes after it was launched.

"All systems onboard the missiles performed perfectly for the first 20 minutes. The radars, tracking the missile, reported good health till then. But after 20 minutes, the missile drifted away from the path," sources said. It is definitely a blow for ADE, which was handed the project outside the Missile Complex in Hyderabad. "We had to terminate the mission taking into account the safety of the coast," sources said.

Tarmak007 -- A bold blog on Indian defence: Breaking on Tarmak007 | Nirbhay terminated for the safety of the coast: Sources

 

[Shaitan]

WTF

DRDO Statement On Nirbhay Test

Long range cruise missile Nirbhay was successfully launched today at 1150 hrs from launch complex, Chandipur, Odisha, meeting the basic mission objectives successfully. After travelling approximately mid-way, deviations were observed from its intended course. Further, flight was terminated to ensure coastal safety.

 

[Shaitan]

Nirbhay terminated mid-way
for the safety of the coast:
DRDO (Updated@1:38 pm) India's maiden test-firing of Nirbhay subsonic cruise missile ended on a sad note with the scientists deciding to terminate it, 20 minutes after it was launched. "All systems onboard the missiles performed perfectly for the first 20 minutes. The radars, tracking the missile, reported good health till then. But after 20 minutes, the missile drifted away from the path," sources said. It is definitely a blow for ADE, which was handed the project outside the Missile Complex in Hyderabad. "We had to terminate the mission taking into account the safety of the coast," sources said. An official release from DRDO Media head Dr Ravi Gupta issued at 1:28 pm said: "Long range cruise missile Nirbhay was successfully launched today
at 11:50 hrs from launch complex, Chandipur, Odisha, meeting the basic mission objectives successfully. After traveling approximately mid- way, deviations were observed from its intended course. Further, flight was terminated to ensure coastal safety."

Sources told Tarmak007 that the booster, mechanical systems, engine, all avionics and the wing deployment were all intact till the first 20 minutes. Once we noticed that the missile was drifting fast we decided to abort the mission. There could be some malfunction of some component. We will know it soon," sources said.

Tarmak007 -- A bold blog on Indian defence: Breaking on Tarmak007 | Nirbhay terminated mid-way for the safety of the coast: DRDO

 

[hit&run]

NDTV is showing the missile, the riveted panels and glossy paint was ordinary, the staff around it was posing fake with screw drivers.

 

[afako]

It travelled 230 Km.

 

[tharikiran]

Take it easy guys. We will get there.From what I read, I don't see this as a major setback.Some more fine tuning and it will work.

 

[Shaitan]

nirbhay missile

 

[Shaitan]

India's first cruise missile test: Nirbhay terminated mid-way after it deviated Video: NDTV.com

 

[Shaitan]

^^^^^^^^

Wtf are the staff doing??

 

[A chauhan]

Sad! But they will rectify the errors in the next test hopefully. However I congratulate DRDO for the first 20 minutes of successful flight

 

[Shaitan]

 

[Payeng]

from the first look of the missile the air breathing duct seems too unexposed

 

[Payeng]

Satan please capture a picture where the intake duct is shown.

 

[Yusuf]

One thing that is noticeable is that the govt has started giving closer access to media for defence products.

 

[Shaitan]

Satan please capture a picture where the intake duct is shown.

 

[Payeng]

such a big missile with such a small nose, maybe it is India's innovative design or the cause of the failure, just a guess.

 

[sayareakd]

Well failure did teach you something, so better luck next time guys, this is just first test.

More missile to come from this lab.

 

[Sam2012]

After high flying sucess of Agni-3(All test after first test failure) , Agni-4(All test after 1st failure) , Agni-5 & K-15 , its sad the nirbhay didn't join the league of success

But never mind , we have to back DRDO because they have done well in Stategic missile arena in very short span of time im sure they will roar back with a successful test soon:thumb:

I wish they make same progress in Aeronautics & SAM technology like the have done in MISSILE tech field:thumb:

 

[Yusuf]

such a big missile with such a small nose, maybe it is India's innovative design or the cause of the failure, just a guess.

Don't think so. All this would have been simulated many times to arrive at a design. Size of the nose is not likely cause