DRDO In Feb 2023 Had Secretly Tested Indigenous SLCM Capable of Striking 500 Kilometres Away
in-development submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM) earlier this year.
is likely based on the land-attack Nirbhay cruise missile.
posted by ANI
on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), displayed at the DRDO stall
at the Dubai Air Show, the missile was tested in February 2023.
a range of 402 kilometres.
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is developing a submarine-launched cruise missile with land attack and ship attack variants. The missile was testfired in February this year at a range of 402 kilometres and it achieved all mission objectives in the test pic.twitter.com/8kwvIJmnRY
— ANI (@ANI) November 18, 2023
kg, with a diameter of just 505 mm. The missile will have two variants,
namely, a land attack cruise missile variant and another anti-ship cruise
missile variant.
Global Navigation Satellite System for midcourse navigation, with an active
radio frequency radar seeker for terminal guidance.
motor booster, which takes the missile to a certain pre-determined altitude
and velocity. Following this, the solid rocket booster separates, and a
turbofan-based sustainer engine powers the missile in its entire flight.
missile into and onto the target, in-flight wing deployment and in-flight
engine start were proven.
precision-cum-blast for bunker busting and destroying strategic targets and an
airburst warhead for area effect and destroying soft-skinned targets.
integrated with Kalvari class, Sindhughosh class, and potentially with the
Project-75I class submarines as well.
ANI,
the 500 kilometres strike range of the missile will also be extended in the
future.
proposals for inducting large numbers of Nirbhay cruise missiles in all three
services.
range of more than 1,000 kilometres, is heavier, weighing over 1,450 kg, and
0.4 metres longer, at 6 metres.
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