Quick Reaction Missile to be developed by BDL and DRDO

[Prashant12]

DRDO testfires quick reaction missile off Odisha coast
The test was aimed at validating various parameters, including propulsion performance of the weapon system and its killing capability.

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired short range Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test facility off Odisha coast.

Sources said the sleek and highly mobile air defence system was fired from a canister mounted on a rotatable truck-based launch unit from Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Monday.

“The test was aimed at validating various parameters, including propulsion performance of the weapon system and its killing capability. Data generated during the test are being analysed,” said a defence official.
The missile, which can destroy multiple targets at a distance of 15 km, will supplement the medium range surface-to-air missile Akash capable of hitting targets 30 km away. Radars, electro optical systems, telemetry systems and other tracking stations have tracked the trajectory of the weapon and monitored all the parameters.

The state-of-the-art missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) can be used as an anti-sea skimmer from a ship against low flying attacking missiles. It employs dual thrust propulsion stage using high-energy solid propellant. Its electronic counter measures helps to outsmart aircraft jammers.

“As the missile has multi-role capability and can attain high frequency with maneuverability, it will provide considerable advantage to the Armed Forces. With cent per cent kill probability it can destroy aerial targets like fighter jets, cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles as well as short range ballistic missiles,” the official added.

The missile, which is yet to get a formal name, is a new development of DRDO. It has to undergo several rounds of experimental trials before being inducted in the Armed Forces.


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[Aaj ka hero]

DRDO testfires quick reaction missile off Odisha coast
The test was aimed at validating various parameters, including propulsion performance of the weapon system and its killing capability.

By Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) test-fired short range Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missile (QRSAM) from a test facility off Odisha coast.

Sources said the sleek and highly mobile air defence system was fired from a canister mounted on a rotatable truck-based launch unit from Integrated Test Range (ITR) on Monday.

“The test was aimed at validating various parameters, including propulsion performance of the weapon system and its killing capability. Data generated during the test are being analysed,” said a defence official.
The missile, which can destroy multiple targets at a distance of 15 km, will supplement the medium range surface-to-air missile Akash capable of hitting targets 30 km away. Radars, electro optical systems, telemetry systems and other tracking stations have tracked the trajectory of the weapon and monitored all the parameters.

The state-of-the-art missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL) can be used as an anti-sea skimmer from a ship against low flying attacking missiles. It employs dual thrust propulsion stage using high-energy solid propellant. Its electronic counter measures helps to outsmart aircraft jammers.

“As the missile has multi-role capability and can attain high frequency with maneuverability, it will provide considerable advantage to the Armed Forces. With cent per cent kill probability it can destroy aerial targets like fighter jets, cruise missiles and air-to-surface missiles as well as short range ballistic missiles,” the official added.

The missile, which is yet to get a formal name, is a new development of DRDO. It has to undergo several rounds of experimental trials before being inducted in the Armed Forces.


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WHAT is the altitude limit of this missile

 

[power_monger]

WHAT is the altitude limit of this missile

Previously it has been reported as 6 km

 

[HariPrasad-1]

Previously it has been reported as 6 km

I would have liked this missile capable of replacing Barak 1 to defend Indian navy but some how DRDO is developing an Astra based missile to replace Barak 1. This means something is lacking in this missile. Probably it is heavy. We must work on improving this missile so that we may use it in NAVAL defense role as well.

 

[Enquirer]

I would have liked this missile capable of replacing Barak 1 to defend Indian navy but some how DRDO is developing an Astra based missile to replace Barak 1. This means something is lacking in this missile. Probably it is heavy. We must work on improving this missile so that we may use it in NAVAL defense role as well.

Missile weight rarely matters for naval ships - they can carry pretty heavy loads easily!

The simple straight-forward reason why QRSAM cannot be a direct replacement to Barak-1 is that QRSAM is not a vertical launch missile! Which means, it needs a minimum of two launch sites on the ship to cover both sides of the ship. Further, QRSAM doesn't seem small enough (like rolling airframe missile) to fit & swivel at the edge of the ships' sides.

That said, it may be uniquely suited for ships that don't already have space/structure for vertical launch missiles

 

[power_monger]

Missile weight rarely matters for naval ships - they can carry pretty heavy loads easily!

The simple straight-forward reason why QRSAM cannot be a direct replacement to Barak-1 is that QRSAM is not a vertical launch missile! Which means, it needs a minimum of two launch sites on the ship to cover both sides of the ship. Further, QRSAM doesn't seem small enough (like rolling airframe missile) to fit & swivel at the edge of the ships' sides.

That said, it may be uniquely suited for ships that don't already have space/structure for vertical launch missiles

DRDO does have learnt thrust vectoring during design of AAD missile system . So why did it not incorporate it in QRSAM which could have enabled vertical launch capability. Vertical launch capability provides a strength on its own.

 

[Amrk]

DRDO does have learnt thrust vectoring during design of AAD missile system . So why did it not incorporate it in QRSAM which could have enabled vertical launch capability. Vertical launch capability provides a strength on its own.

QRSAM does have thrust vectoring, watch the exhaust pattern carefully, you will see that the effluent gas seems to be coming in four separate streams. QRSAM has vane control vectoring. Once DRDO learns something, it uses that knowledge wherever it can, QRSAM has elements of TRISHUL, ASTRA and dual pulse rocket motor , knowhow of which was acquired during MRSAM development, and now ASTRA Mk II, Akash NG, NG-ARM all will use dual pulse motors.

 

[Enquirer]

and now ASTRA Mk II, Akash NG, NG-ARM all will use dual pulse motors.

Thought Astra Mk2 will have a ramjet like Meteor!

 

[Amrk]

Thought Astra Mk2 will have a ramjet like Meteor!

No bro, thats another project-SFDR, ASTRA MkII according to what I have read will be a dual pulse missile with perhaps a better seeker.

 

[Enquirer]

No bro, thats another project-SFDR, ASTRA MkII according to what I have read will be a dual pulse missile with perhaps a better seeker.

Astra Mk2 being under development with dual pulse rocket was a rumor floating around for years - long before Astra Mk2 project actually started!!
The fact is Astra Mk2 project started just a couple of months back - ducted ramjet motor is very high possibility given the requirement for light weight and long range!

 

[power_monger]

It's not rumour.check this image out.

Astra Mk2 being under development with dual pulse rocket was a rumor floating around for years - long before Astra Mk2 project actually started!!
The fact is Astra Mk2 project started just a couple of months back - ducted ramjet motor is very high possibility given the requirement for light weight and long range!

 

[Enquirer]

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It's not rumour.check this image out.

Those are ‘concept models’ displayed for the last 7-8 years! Fanboys always fall for that trick!
Rest assured, the project has just taken off!

 

[power_monger]

Those are ‘concept models’ displayed for the last 7-8 years! Fanboys always fall for that trick!
Rest assured, the project has just taken off!

And concept model was born out of nothing ? What are you smoking. DRDO don't bring toys in defence shows for which no work is done. That is just your imagination. DRDO has the culture where lot of work is done even before official mod approval in many cases.

 

[Enquirer]

And concept model was born out of nothing ? What are you smoking. DRDO don't bring toys in defence shows for which no work is done. That is just your imagination. DRDO has the culture where lot of work is done even before official mod approval in many cases.

The 'work' is just in 'conceptualization' - that something maybe 'doable'!

If you're not aware of the reality then the least you could do is learn! All those years when the 'mockup' was being displayed, DRDO made it pretty clear multiple times that they had not received the requirements from IAF - what kind of range they want, what kind of seeker they want, what the weight limit should be etc! As such they had not committed to any particular design or technology! Only as late as early this year the GSQR was finalized & the project approved recently!

There's no definitive news on the specs or the tech to be employed!

I am not saying Astra Mk2 is not powered by dual pulse rocket - it's just that a ramjet/scramjet (like Meteor) would provide far far more weight economy (for long range). If IAF asked only for minor enhancements from Astra Mk1 then something more simplistic might be on the cards!

 

[power_monger]

The 'work' is just in 'conceptualization' - that something maybe 'doable'!

If you're not aware of the reality then the least you could do is learn! All those years when the 'mockup' was being displayed, DRDO made it pretty clear multiple times that they had not received the requirements from IAF - what kind of range they want, what kind of seeker they want, what the weight limit should be etc! As such they had not committed to any particular design or technology! Only as late as early this year the GSQR was finalized & the project approved recently!

There's no definitive news on the specs or the tech to be employed!

I am not saying Astra Mk2 is not powered by dual pulse rocket - it's just that a ramjet/scramjet (like Meteor) would provide far far more weight economy (for long range). If IAF asked only for minor enhancements from Astra Mk1 then something more simplistic might be on the cards!

Sfdr missile is still long way before induction. However DRDO has all building blocks for Astra mk2 since it has dual pulse motor which will increase it's range significantly.afaik DRDO had conducted aerodynamic behaviour of current Astra missile with a change to dual pulse motor. Had heard about reduction in fins size for the changed motor and very small change in missile length of 4 cm.

However one thing which I am still not clear is what seeker is being used for Astra which has gone for limited series production. Only last year indigenous seeker was used and they had seen succes. But the no of test was really low. Only 2 out of 7 test held in September 2017 used indigenous seeker.

So if indigenous seeker is not ordered in lsp then we could see indigenous seeker in Astra mk2 and later enhancements of Astra mk1.

 

[AMCA]

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[Prashant12]

Quick Reaction Surface to Air Missiles(QRSAM).

 

[Prashant12]

Twin Success for Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile

Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) successfully test fired indigenously developed Quick Reach Surface-to-Air missiles (QRSAM) from ITRChandipur, off the Odisha Coast today. The two missiles were tested for different altitude and conditions. The test flights successfully demonstrated the robust Control, Aerodynamics, Propulsion, Structural performance and high manoeuvring capabilities thus proving the design configuration.

Radars, Electro Optical Systems, Telemetry and other stations have tracked the Missiles and monitored through the entire flights. All the mission objectives have been met.

RakshaMantriSmt Nirmala Sitharaman congratulated DRDO on the successful test flights and said the indigenously developed state-of-the-art QRSAM will significantly boost the defence capabilities of our armed forces.

http://pib.nic.in/PressReleaseIframePage.aspx?PRID=1566363#.XHUqTCAXEwA.twitter

 

[Prashant12]

India test-fires Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile


BALASORE: India on Sunday test-fired a sophisticated all-weather and all-terrain Quick Reaction Surface-to-Air Missile(QRSAM) from a test range in Odisha.

The state-of-the-art missile has been developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) for the India Army.

The air defence system, QRSAM, was test-fired at 11.05 am from a mobile truck-based launch unit at complex 3 of the Integrated Test Range (ITR) at Chandipur near here, DRDO sources said.

The all-weather and all-terrain missile, which can be mounted on a truck and stored in a canister, is equipped with electronic counter measures against jamming by aircraft radars, they said.

QRSAM uses solid-fuel propellant and has a range of 25-30 km, the sources said.

The first trial of the QRSAM was conducted on June 4, 2017.

On February 26, 2019, two rounds of trials were successfully carried out on the same day.

The two missiles were tested for different altitude and conditions. The test flights had successfully demonstrated their aerodynamics, propulsion, structural performance and high manoeuvring capabilities, the sources added.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.co...rface-to-air-missile/articleshow/70520608.cms

 

[Prashant12]

2 QRSAM missiles tested against live targets successfully today, say defence sources.