What did India exactly do in the project? I have my doubts that the Indian seeker is better in quality. Has India managed to develop any indigenous AAM or AShM by itself?
Not yet but hey the AKASH, Trishul, NAG are ready to go. So tell me why InN would want to remove a better quality Russian seeker? You don't exactly seeing the Indian military going to second rate products do you?
As I mentionned before and a million time afterward, having supersonic hi profile does not help since it still can be shot down in that profile. Club won't be detected until it's within its 60-65 KM terminal phase, so the fact that it was subsonic is irrelevant.
Irrelevent? If the launch of the missile is detected and using Tercom the missile heads for the target area, what happens when the target has already moved? You aren't gonna have a helecopter targeting for the entire course of the flight. If the helecopter is seen it's shot down and the target would have figured a AShM is on its way. Thats why it matters.
Also with out SPY-1 I doubt anything else has the effiecency to detect a AShM 100~km out like you were probabily thinking. Its also a mixed trajectory tphuang. Means if the enemy AD threat is known you could program a flight path.
India have never built a anti-ship missile by its self before what makes the indian seeker better the the original Russian
infact most of the brahmos was developed before the soviet union fell apart the russian later called it the yakhont the export version to india is known as the brahmos
But they have built seekers before.
also the indians did not make the gudiance system as Russia threaten to withhold the lunch code if india make it by them self they would not have had that problem
the brahmos is a very good missile but its almost 100% russian so no its not such a great achivement for india
I read the article and it sounds fishy in the first place. The guidence system is something both Russian and Indian sources claim to be Indian. Perhaps its wrong reporting but what article?
beacause the russians want indians to fund their own reseach into super sonic anti-ship missile tech
Indians to fund it? They (Russia) are also funding it. Think about. Russia has little knowledge to gain from the airlaunched Barhmos. Hell they already are masters at it. Its just a waste of time for the Russians to develop airlaunched Barhmos and the sciencetests will no doubt do the tests in India. But what could they profit from? Like I said 70-80% is Russian. Export potiental of the missile is huge! How many nations around the world use Flankers? Interesting in purchasing Amur? and tell me how many nations actually have the capability to defend against a Barhmos? Not a whole lot. Its also a good replacement for Moskit IMO.
Well, the Russians are still pursuing the project because of Indian funding, nothing else. Why would the Russians be rebuilding the Yakhnot all over again when they have better missiles like the Club?
For one the Klub stands less of chance against a credible Aegies type ship than the Barhmos. The Barhmos like the Granit is intellegent, basically doing the same Salvo attack in flight leads and zig zags as the Klub and Moskit. In order to attack the USN one would seriously need something fast in in huge numbers.
Now apperantly not just Indians but Russians are claiming a lot about the Barhmos. You don't see the same hype for Klub.
Yakhont ASM system enjoys enhanced combat effectiveness thanks to the missile’s high supersonic speed, flexible flight profiles, small radar cross-section and autonomous jam-resistant guidance system combining inertial navigation system and radar seeker. After target acquisition the missile operates in fully automatic mode.
Low RCS? Is that anything claimed by the Klub? Seems the LOW RCS is claimed by both sides. Why not. Money had to be spend somewhere.
And check this.
MiG-29K anyone?
Also gotta tell you that the Granit/Yokhont and Moskit where created to engage American Carrier Battle groups. You tell me with AWACS would good is lo lo flight? Flying at subsonic speeds and being engaged by F-18's. After all the Kursk was meant to engage the USN with Granits. Pure speed when being engaged with Salvo attack gave the missile a higher chance for hitting a ship than being shot down early.
