Target IAS : Indian Defence

Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs)

Precision-Guided Munitions (PGMs) are miniaturized missiles with small seekers, actuators and on-board computers and will be integrated with tactical missiles having a range of 100-200 km.
PGMs could prevent collateral damage while attacking multiple targets in a war scenario with sub-metre accuracy.
PGMs could be integrated with a surface-to-surface missile or an air-to-surface missile.

Wankel

India has developed its own propulsion engine for future UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles). The 55-hp engine named “Wankel” is developed by three national research agencies – National Aerospace Labs, Aeronautical Development Establishment, and the Vehicle Research and Development Establishment
Wankel will be used to power the home-grown UAVs Nishant, Lakshya and Rustom-1 and 2 versions used to observe and survey border areas.

NAVY

set to join Arihant (India is only the fifth country to have such a missile -- the other four are the United States, Russia, France and China.)

which is powered by an 80-MWt reactor that uses enriched uranium as fuel and light water as coolant and moderator.

maritime surveillance around Andaman and Nicobar islands.Built at Goa Shipyard Limited, the 105-meter vessel is the first of the four new class naval off shore patrol vessels (NOPVs)

Scorpène class submarines are a class of diesel-electric attack submarine jointly developed by the French DCN and the Spanish company Navantia and now by DCNS. It features diesel propulsion and an additional air-independent propulsion (AIP).India has S50-55 submarines.Test Depth > 300 m.
Dhanush :

290- km range
supersonic cruise missile
capable of carrying a conventional warhead of 300 kg
eveloped by Indo-Russian joint venture.
It is a two-stage missile, the first one solid and the second one ramjet liquid propellant
Already inducted into Army and Navy.Airforce version is in final stage

Indian Navy’s deep sea diving support vessel.
With an on-board submersible capsule called ‘Bell’, assisted in the conduct of the exercise providing safety back-up.
INDIAEX-2012 is unique since it will demonstrate the rescuing of trapped submariners from deep under the sea. naval exercise with US.

A derivative of Boeing 737-800 long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft and anti-submarine warfare aircraft.
It may take the place of the Navy’s Russian Tupolev Tu-142M maritime surveillance turboprop.
It is Indian variant of the P-8A Poseidon that Boeing is developing for the U.S. Navy.
Cater for surveillance in Indian Ocean

AIR FORCE

Astra, India’s air-to-air missile.Weighs 168 kg and is 3.8-metres long.Will be fired from aircraft such as Sukhoi-30 MI, MiG-29 and the Light Combat Aircraft, Tejas

Air to Air
Beyond Virtual Range (BVR)
Single stage solid fuelled
Capable of engaging and destroying highly maneuverable supersonic aerial targets

Surface to surface ballistic missile
Indigenously developed by DRDO
Variants: Prithvi-I for the Army; Prithvi-II for the Indian Air Force; and the Dhanush for the Navy
Single-stage, Liquid-propelled
Advanced inertial navigation, control and guidance system
Payload capacity: 500-1,000 kg
Range: 350 km

ARMY

developed by Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), a DRDO lab.
All-weather low-cost medium-range cruise missile with stealth and high accuracy.
Range of 1,000 km
It will carry a ring laser gyroscope for high-accuracy navigation and a radio altimeter for the height determination.
Capable of carrying nuclear warhead
Capable of flying at different altitudes ranging from 500 m to 4 km above the ground.
Navy,Army and Airfoce can use it
Nirbhay will supplement the Brahmos cruise missile by carrying warheads beyond the 300-km range

Nuclear capable ballistic missile
Range: 4000kms
Equipped with Avionics, 5th generation on Board Computer
Fitted with Ring Laser Gyro based Inertial Navigation System (RINS) and Micro Navigation System (MINGS) for advanced accuracy.

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