DRDO and PSUs (13 Viewers)

[liberalredditor]

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Bm-04
Cep-<30m
It can be your precision guided munition.

Hyunmoo-5, south Korea's bunker buster SRBM, has a whooping conventional payload of 8 tons.

South Korea’s Hyunmoo-5 spotlighted after first combat use of GBU-57

South Koreas Hyunmoo-5 spotlighted after first combat use of GBU-57 GBU-57 offers mobility through free-fall; Hyunmoo-5 delivers greater destructive power with rocket propulsion

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You don't need icbm for bunker buster role.

But what if we have to strike pork army hq or any high value target from long distance like if we have to fire it from all the way to tn or kerala or north east, then we will use ballistic missiles only right? What if due to nukes our northern border gets affected then we will have to fire irbm from far off, so ballistic missile would be used

 

[randombully]

But what if we have to strike pork army hq or any high value target from long distance like if we have to fire it from all the way to tn or kerala or north east, then we will use ballistic missiles only right? What if due to nukes our northern border gets affected then we will have to fire irbm from far off, so ballistic missile would be used

Bm-04 has range of 1500km.
We can also develop a hyunmoo 5 like ballistic missile, 8ton "warhead" ( for comparison Weight of entire pralay missile is 5tons,with 1 Ton warhead) with 3000km, with lighter warhead can reach 5000km range, it's an IRBM( submarine launched), it is said of have very high accuracy.


If we want a missile/weapon to target deep underground bunkers, than we can modify our ballistic missiles to be similar to hyunmoo 5 of south Korea, or develop a new similar missile.

 

[Yt2211]

View: https://youtu.be/ONzrdQ1JcEw?si=pWWA93p-DvAj2pRn

 

[liberalredditor]

View: https://youtu.be/ONzrdQ1JcEw?si=pWWA93p-DvAj2pRn

Come on armenia, promote atmanirbharta, get this before import army starts its jupiter trials

 

[Doreamon]

View: https://youtu.be/ONzrdQ1JcEw?si=pWWA93p-DvAj2pRn

Wrong thumbnail .. It's Dhanus (upgraded bofors ) based MGS . This one being executed by OFB . There is another MGS system based on ATAGS executed by kalyani .

Dhanus based MGS

 

[snakeeyes07]

DRDO already has a couple subsonic missiles like LR-LACM and NASM-MR. But neither are low observable designs, is there any program for it that is in the open source?

Something similar to what South Koreans just started testing.

 

[snakeeyes07]

South Koreans in the last decade have produced an advanced weapon development & export ecosystem.
Thread on their BM penetrator (AGNI-5 modification should be similar to this), this is a good account for tracking Korean weapon development


View: https://x.com/mason_8718/status/1936103351911170202

 

[shade2]

DRDO already has a couple subsonic missiles like LR-LACM and NASM-MR. But neither are low observable designs, is there any program for it that is in the open source?

Something similar to what South Koreans just started testing.

It's called CATS Hunter



Don't know if they are actually being developed or not

This is a mockup from some Aero India

 

[vishmoon]

Very Important !!

View: https://x.com/MazagonDockLtd/status/1938560297670766602

 

[snakeeyes07]

One thing to note is that all these missiles inherit US Pershing II cold war design:
Chinese DF-16, DF-21, DF-26
Russian Iskander
South Korean Hyunmoo series BM, KTSSM

Must be a really good design for all these countries to adopt it, not sure if DRDO ever considered it?

Also, look at modular warhead options for DF-16. I think DRDO has started offering this with A1P and BM04.

 

[randombully]

One thing to note is that all these missiles inherit US Pershing II cold war design:
Chinese DF-16, DF-21, DF-26
Russian Iskander
South Korean Hyunmoo series BM, KTSSM

Must be a really good design for all these countries to adopt it, not sure if DRDO ever considered it?

Also, look at modular warhead options for DF-16. I think DRDO has started offering this with A1P and BM04.
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All are old ass tech now a days.
If you are going for maneuverable RV than its much better to go for BM-04 RV or US dark eagle RV design, basically conical RV's that fly more similar to an hgv than a typical MARV.

The reason drdo didn't offered it or didn't developed was because there were no demand from government for a dedicated conventional ballistic missile/rocket force, most of our ballistic missiles were stratigic, with small no. Of prithvi series for conventional role.
It is only now, that we are moving towards a conveniental rocket force like structure.

 

[shade2]

Y'all nibbiars what is the rationale behind Ruskals having only 2 Onyx per TEL while we have 3 brahmos per TEL?

 

[snakeeyes07]

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Y'all nibbiars what is the rationale behind Ruskals having only 2 Onyx per TEL while we have 3 brahmos per TEL?

Same TEL design as Iskander (both K and M)

 

[FalconSlayers]

It's called CATS Hunter

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Don't know if they are actually being developed or not

This is a mockup from some Aero India

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Don't know if they are actually being developed or not

Prototype fabrication started in or before April (design changed)

 

[shade2]

Same TEL design as Iskander (both K and M)

Sad the Ruskals don't seem to make anything clean sheet and original anymore.

Everything of their seems to be a derivative of 80s Soviet maal just to save costs.

 

[FalconSlayers]

View: https://x.com/Manish_K_Jha1/status/1938865263296033183

 

[ArjunMK1A]

Sad the Ruskals don't seem to make anything clean sheet and original anymore.

Everything of their seems to be a derivative of 80s Soviet maal just to save costs.

Soviet Union achieved every critical weaponary before dying. Supersonic CM, Amphibian Planes, Nuc Destroyers, 5th Gen planes (Mig 1.44).

Just russians need to dust off the blueprint and refine to latest manufacturing standards.

 

[shade2]

Soviet Union achieved every critical weaponary before dying. Supersonic CM, Amphibian Planes, Nuc Destroyers, 5th Gen planes (Mig 1.44).

Just russians need to dust off the blueprint and refine to latest manufacturing standards.

They don't seem to have the money for that saar.
And with the current quagmire of war, funding is redirected to more immediate war figthing needs than R&D