When the VLS / canister design for all 3 comes out we will probably know. HEMRL is testing hybrid motors , can that work as a booster stage ? ASL work previously stated there is need for higher thrust more powerful qualified booster stages. The M3 booster as shown its shape is different, not usual uniform cylindrical stage. Perhaps they are finally moving towards conical motor casing ?
Project Kusha / Programme LRSAM / PGLRSAM
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When the VLS / canister design for all 3 comes out we will probably know. HEMRL is testing hybrid motors , can that work as a booster stage ? ASL work previously stated there is need for higher thrust more powerful qualified booster stages. The M3 booster as shown its shape is different, not usual uniform cylindrical stage. Perhaps they are finally moving towards conical motor casing ?
Even if aerodynamic design remains the same, can improve a bit by using multi pulse / different grain geometry for different sustainer / different fuel composition ?
Yep, hybrid motors will see use in boosters first, then SAMs & then AAMs.
A rocket motor where the fuel & oxidizer are in different states of matter. In most cases it will be solid fuel with liquid oxygen. ISRO is running a project on such a motor:
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ISRO's engines : Designs , Components & Prototypes.
They are going to put this motor on a Rohini 300 sounding rocket and do the flight testing.
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Seems the design, proto hardware & production related documentation work for various warheads of Kusha is about to begin + ongoing. This suggests a much advanced stage of development as usually this work began at a little later phase.
Also warhead for the other projects esp the PGAD , AD AH and ASAM (maybe meant AD-AM) etc are in the job work. It seems the fuzing, safety arming etc very critical items are to be done by ARDE.
Also warhead for the other projects esp the PGAD , AD AH and ASAM (maybe meant AD-AM) etc are in the job work. It seems the fuzing, safety arming etc very critical items are to be done by ARDE.
It's hard to believe the same kill vehicle claims. Performance requirements are very broad.
This is the old configuration of M1, M2 and M3.
Isn’t AD AH meant for hit to kill destruction of HGV? Then warhead won’t be required.
What is AD AM? Air defence anti missile? A generalised multi purpose cheap missile defence interceptor missile?
We do not know yet. But if we go by counter of adversary capability then those are for anti hgv and anti mirv roles. Both were hinted at by VKS but significant challenges remain in terms of design, guidance mechanism.
AD-AM is an interceptor missile, part of our BMD Phase III, to counter hypersonic cruise missiles(which are considered the toughest to intercept because of terrain hugging high-supersonic/low-hypersoinc flight-profile).
HCM won't be a terrain hugging missile at all. Almost all countries products will fly in altitude that is twice than that of Brahmos.
I think since PGAD so it is aimed at big picture, and might be this mkv related
Sir by when do you think we can expect test for AD AH? And what is PGAD? I have never heard of it.
Nobody knows about it sir.
PGAD is Programme AD , they handle all the primarily BMD systems.
Ballistic Missile Defence (BMD) Programme (PGAD) | Defence Research and Development Organisation - DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Government of India
PGAD, RCI has spearheaded the design and development of the BMD Programme.
