India Efficiently Assessments Anti-Radiation Missile ‘Rudram-II’

The Rudram-II is the newest model after the mark-1 model was examined 4 years in the past.

New Delhi:

India efficiently test-fired an air-surface anti-radiation missile from a Su-30MKI fighter jet. The Rudram-II anti-radiation supersonic missile is developed by the Defence Analysis and Growth Organisation (DRDO).

The flight take a look at met all of the trial aims, validating the propulsion system and management & steerage algorithm. Rudram missile is the primary indigenously developed anti-radiation missile designed to focus on enemy floor radars (surveillance, monitoring) and communication stations in Suppression of  Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) missions. 

The Rudram-II is the newest model after the mark-1 model was examined 4 years in the past by Su-30MKI, the spine of India’s fighter fleet. 

An indigenously developed solid-propelled air-launched missile system, Rudram-II is among the most interesting and meant to neutralise many varieties of enemy belongings. India at present operates the Russian Kh-31, an anti-radiation missile. The Rudram missiles will exchange the Kh-31s.

“The efficiency of the Rudram-II missile has been validated from the flight information captured by vary monitoring devices like electro-optical techniques, radar and telemetry stations deployed by Built-in Take a look at Vary, Chandipur at numerous places, together with the on-board ship,” a press release stated. 

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO, IAF and trade on the profitable test-flight of Rudram-II. The profitable take a look at has consolidated the function of the RudraM-II system as a pressure multiplier to the Armed Forces, he stated.

The @DRDO_India has efficiently flight examined the RudraM-II Air-to-Floor missile from Su-30 MK-I platform of Indian Air Power (IAF), off the coast of Odisha.

Raksha Mantri Shri @rajnathsingh congratulated DRDO, IAF and trade on the profitable take a look at flight of RudraM-II from… pic.twitter.com/DtgcZF4CXi

— रक्षा मंत्री कार्यालय/ RMO India (@DefenceMinIndia) Could 29, 2024

The missile could be launched from a variety of altitudes and might choose up enemy radio frequencies and alerts from radars from a variety of over 100 km. The missile can function in Lock-On-Earlier than/After-Launch techniques. The interior steerage system of the missile permits it to direct itself towards the goal after the launch. 

Rudram-I

The Rudram-1 model was test-fired from Sukhoi in 2020 off the east coast of Odisha. The Rudram-1 model has two seekers – A passive-homing head seeker, which may detect and classify targets over a variety of radio frequencies and one Millimetre Wave (MMW) seeker that helps the missile to function in several climate circumstances. 

The mark-1 model has a variety of 100-150 km and might attain as much as speeds of Mach 2 (two occasions the velocity of sound). It has a launch altitude vary of 1 km to fifteen km. 

In 2022, the Indian Air Power proposed the acquisition of the Subsequent Technology Anti-Radiation Missile (NGARM) in a Rs 1,400 crore deal. Experiences recommend the missile could be launched from the Mirage 2000 multirole fighter plane. Adani Defence has partnered with DRDO in mass-producing the Rudram-I missile.

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