INDIA’S INDIGENOUS ANTI RADIATION MISSILE:TOP 5 FACTS HD

INDIA’S INDIGENOUS ANTI RADIATION MISSILE:TOP 5 FACTS Introduction: Since1970s lot of progress have been made in SAM (Surface to Air Missile) technology. SAMs play a very important role of Anti-Area/Access-Denial (A1/AD). Any area defended by a modern SAM (like S 400) is very hard to penetrate, even by the most technologically advance aircrafts. These systems are also economically more viable, as a missile costing 0.2 to 0.8 million dollars can take out a 30 to 50 million dollar plane. To defeat these systems , a new category of Air to Land missile have been developed, they are designated as Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM). They are commonly carried by special aircrafts in , SEAD (Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses) role. Currently only a handful of countries, like the US, Germany, Russia and Brazil have this kind of missile. WORKING & PRIMARY OBJECTIVE: All SAM need radars for targeting. ARM are designed to pick up signals or radiations from radars and communication facilities. and then target them leading to their eventual destruction. The primary purpose of this type of missile is to degrade adversaries air defenses in the first period of a conflict in order to increase the chances of survival for the following waves of strike aircraft. They can also be used to quickly shut down unexpected surface-to-air missile (SAM) sites during an air raid. DEVELOPMENT STATUS: The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is working on anti-radiation missile & is named as New Generation Anti-Radiation missile (NGARM).It is expected that the maiden flight test that will be held by the end of 2016. The Indian Air Force would be inducting this missile within two years, following the completion of all the developmental trails. The missile is of indigenous development, including its seeker. This seeker is placed in the front-end of the missile & picks up various radio frequencies. PROPULSION & RANGE: The missile is a single-stage, solid-fueled system and will be using dual-pulse propulsion system instead of thrust propulsion. This is the first time DRDO is using a dual-pulse propulsion system .The missile will initially coast by firing the first pulse , the second pulse will be initiated just before interception of the target, that is the terminal phase. The missile has a range of 100 km to 125 km. DEVELOPMENT STATUS: The Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) is working on anti-radiation missile & is named as New Generation Anti-Radiation missile (NGARM).It is expected that the maiden flight test that will be held by the end of 2016. The Indian Air Force would be inducting this missile within two years, following the completion of all the developmental trails. The missile is of indigenous development, including its seeker. This seeker is placed in the front-end of the missile & picks up various radio frequencies. PROPULSION & RANGE: The missile is a single-stage, solid-fueled system and will be using dual-pulse pro