Project Kusha / Programme LRSAM / PGLRSAM

[Rajput Lion]

We already got that with the S-400.



Depends on the booster. I'd actually say the Astra Mk2 will be superior to Barak 8. We see the same thing with David's Sling, the missile is smaller than the AMRAAM and uses the MRSAM's radar.

You can see both side by side here.

Our overall SAM and BMD development have very closely followed Israel's. Both of us are using target-specific interceptors. So they have Iron Dome against rockets and artillery, SPYDER and MRSAM/LRSAM against air targets or as CIWS, David's Sling as long range AD and then Arrow series as BMD. We have no need for Iron Dome, but we use SPYDER, Akash and MRSAM for local defense and plan to use XRSAM for wide area defense.

With that said, I won't be surprised if we end up using David's Sling too, but you can see that it's simply better for us to use our own missile instead.



Yeah, but there's no reason why it cannot be XRSAM, Barak 8 has a very similar design after all.

Stunner is actually triple pulse missile with no warhead. It's direct hit to kill. Thus even in that small size, it packs quite a punch. Astra 2 won't be able to match it, IMO.

 

[randomradio]

Stunner is actually triple pulse missile with no warhead. It's direct hit to kill. Thus even in that small size, it packs quite a punch. Astra 2 won't be able to match it, IMO.

Astra is not meant to match it, David's Sling has more missions sets to achieve, the example is merely to demonstrate that an AAM-sized missile can perform the task of long range AD.

Astra compensates for differences by being bigger.

You can see that Stunner is shorter than Derby even.

 

[marich01]

More kusha related tenders came out recently,
Care unit test jigs (semi-active seeker subsystem)
pcb assy, thermal Li-on battery for TM-TC etc being procured.

 

[marich01]

Integration soon hopefully.

 

[marich01]

Came across this article

Guarding Indian Skies with Project 'Kusha'
DRDO unveils 'Kusha' project with the aim to craft a robust indigenous air defence system with LR-SAM capability by 2028-2029

Guarding Indian Skies with Project 'Kusha'

www.spsmai.com

 

[marich01]

DMRL made stuff but did not get accepted apparently

 

[Fatalis]

Came across this article

Guarding Indian Skies with Project 'Kusha'
DRDO unveils 'Kusha' project with the aim to craft a robust indigenous air defence system with LR-SAM capability by 2028-2029

Guarding Indian Skies with Project 'Kusha'

www.spsmai.com

No offence to the author but what rubbish he has written. In one paragraph it is similar to Iron Dome and in another it is like S-400.

 

[marich01]

No offence to the author but what rubbish he has written. In one paragraph it is similar to Iron Dome and in another it is like S-400.

The original report on newspapers also had the exact same comparison.

 

[marich01]

They are doing the whole thing, unified checkout system etc. That is why its taken a long time.

 

[marich01]

Notice how the PD designation has changed from 2019 (below pic is from 2023 November), most likely reason is mission mode project being priority perhaps.