Indigenously developed guided weapon of india Continue India has successfully conducted three flight tests of its on-site Dhruvastra anti-nuclear guided missile from a comprehensive test site in Chandipur in Odisha, defense sources said on Wednesday. Developed by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), the anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) with a helicopter is one of the most advanced anti-tank weapons in the world. According to them, the sophisticated missile was fired twice on July 15 and once on July 16 from a complex test site (MTR) as part of tests conducted by the DRDO. According to them, all three tests of the modern anti- laughter guided missile, conducted in direct and upper-impact mode, were successful, and the data were analyzed. It was tested on the ground with a launcher to assess some of its basic parameters, the sources said. Dhruvastra is a helipad version of Nag Helina with several new features and is designed to fire from the air to destroy enemy bunkers, armored vehicles and main battle tanks. During the tests, the weapon system was smoothly launched from a ground launch platform on the launch pad of the MTR, and the missile successfully tracked the target throughout the course before hitting it with high accuracy, they said. ATGM is guided by an infrared image finder (IIS) operating in lock mode before launch, and helps further strengthen the country's defense capabilities. All flight test parameters were checked by telemetry stations, tracking systems and helicopters deployed by the army, the sources said. Three Round Helina tests were conducted on July 13, 2015, at the Jaisalmer shooting range in Rajasthan. On August 19, 2018, Helina was successfully shot at by a Rudra helicopter at the Pokran test site. Between July 7 and July 18, 2019, in extreme weather conditions, the Nag land- based missile was also successfully tested 12 times, DRDO sources said. (Catch all the business news, top news events and breaking news updates on economic times.) Download the Economic Times News App to get daily market updates and Live Business News. The use of missiles in India, for warfare, dates back to the 18th century. The Mysorean missiles were the first iron-hull missiles to be successfully deployed for military use, reversed by the British and introduced in Europe as a Congreve missile. After the British colonization of India, scientific RDD in Indian dynasties were limited, and military science in India lagged behind. Research on missile technology resumed after India's independence, along with weapons of mass destruction, and various missile programmes followed in the 1970s with the development of various ballistic, cruise, anti-aircraft, anti-missile and orbital launch systems. conducted its first nuclear test and initiated the Project Devil as an attempt to return the engineer of the Soviet surface missile SA-2 Guideline and the Project Valiant to develop an intercontinental ballistic missile. However, this has not been possible and the experience has led to the development of a series of short-range Prithvi ballistic missiles. In the early 1980s, India conducted its first successful orbital launch and synchronized its research institutes under the direction of IGMDP and successfully developed a number of strategic missile systems. Since then, India has developed, tested, operated and developed a number of missile systems that are limited to only a handful of countries, including ICBMs, ASATs, SLBM and hypersonic weapons systems. Threats posed by enemy missile systems have led to the implementation of India's missile defence programme. In 2017, India has produced most of the specific missile technologies identified by the MTCR, which must be integrated to produce most missile systems. History This section contains content written as advertising. Please help improve it by removing advertising content and inappropriate external links, as well as adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view. (December 2019) (Learn how and when to remove this message template) Kingdom Mysore Home article: Mysorean rocket Tipu Sultan troops defeat the British with missiles in 1780 at the Battle of Guntur. Closely massed, British troops broke and ran when the Mysore army laid a missile barrage in their midst. The Misoran missiles were the first iron-hull missiles to be successfully deployed for military use. Haider Ali, the 18th-century ruler of Mjor, and his son and successor, Tippu Sultan effectively used them against the British East India Company. The military leadership of Tipu Sultan (called Fatul Mujahidin) even advocated that 200 missile carriers be assigned to each Misuran Kushun (brigade). The missile launchers have also been trained to launch missiles. In addition, the war used almost simultaneously wheeled rocket launchers capable of launching five to ten missiles. It was the world's first use of missiles to fight modern warfare. The British successfully deployed and developed this missile technology further (see Congreve missile). Once India was conquered, research and development were limited to further British interests and military science in India naturally lagged behind. India's missile programme after an independent India began in the late 1950s, when Jawaharlal Nehru was Prime Minister of India and Dr. D.S. Kotari was a scientific adviser to the Minister of Defence. In 1958, the Indian Government formed a group of Indian scientists called the Special Weapons Development Unit for the study of the development of guided missile weapons. Motivated to strengthen his defense the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and at that time, the Government of an independent India was once again focused on the development of Indian missile technology. Initially, the scientists of the Special Weapons Development Team worked at MetCalfe House in New Delhi, but the institution later switched to Hyderabad after the state government provided them with the former Nizam Army Barracks. This is how the Defence Research and Development Laboratory (DRDL), formerly known as the Special Weapons Development Group, was established exclusively for missile research and development. Its first anti-drug missile was a fully local product that was successfully tested. This project laid the foundation for india's missile programme, and many of the group involved in the development of an anti-carbon missile to be used at the SaratSCOM MKV, manufactured at the Medake munitions plant, began the construction of Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL) in Hyderabad, in close proximity to the ammunition plant that became the missile production agency in India. (In the 1970s, SS-11B anti-tank missiles were manufactured under French license in the BDL.) Since Indian science and technology were reduced before it became independent and missile technology developed rapidly after the Second World War, India decided to upgrade to missile technology by re-engineering a surface-to-air missile. This project was codenamed Project Devil and worked from 1970 to 1979 on the reverse design of the Russian SAM-2 (which Russia supplied to India). Dr. B.D. Nag Chaudhry (then a scientific adviser to the Minister of Defence) advocated the need for the development of technologies necessary for the future, such as liquid fuel engines. Thus, a parallel programme called Project Valiant was also launched to create a liquid fuel rocket engine. V.K. Saraswat was part of the team that built the engine between 1971 and 1974. Other DRDO scientists have simultaneously focused on creating a guidance package- an integral part of a long-range rocket that determines its trajectory and accuracy of hitting a target. In 1974-1975, an inertial navigation system (INS) was developed and tested on board the Avro aircraft. Subsequently, the IU was built for missiles and aircraft, which was tested in 1979 on board a plane in Canberra. By the early 1980s, DRDL had developed expertise in engine, navigation and materials production. Thus, the political and scientific leadership of India, which included Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, Minister of Defence R. Venkataraman V.S. Arunahalam (scientific adviser to the Minister of Defence), decided that all these technologies should be consolidated. This led to the birth of the Integrated Programme for the Development of Guided Missiles, Dr. Abdul Kalam, who was previously the project director of the SLV-3 program at ISRO, was as director of the DRDL in 1983 to conceive and lead it. He decided that DRDL would implement several projects in this area at the same time. Thus, four projects were born within the framework of the IGMDP: a short-range surface-to-surface missile (codenamed Pritvi) of a short- range surface-to-air class (codenamed Trishul) of medium-range surface-to-air missiles (code name Akash) and third-generation anti-tank missiles (codenamed Nag). The Agni missile was originally conceived at the MGMP as a technology demonstrator project in the form of a re-entry vehicle, and was then upgraded to a ballistic missile of varying ranges. The programme also developed the Balasar Temporary Missile Test Site at Orissa Orissa. Diplomatic and technological difficulties since India test-launched the first Prithvi missile in 1988 and the Agni missile in 1989, the Missile Technology Control Regime (then an unofficial group established in 1987 by Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States) decided to restrict access to any technology that would help India in its missile development programme. Some of the major technologies that were rejected included: phase transfers for phase radar grid for Akasha (USA). magnesium alloy used in the wings of Prithvi (prohibited by Germany). servo valves needed for the electro-hydraulic control systems of Agni and Pritvi. gyroscopes and accelerometers (prohibited by France). Processors - Intel has said it will not give India chips for computers used in Prithvi and Agni. To counter the RCRT, the IGMDP group formed a consortium of DRDO laboratories, industries and academic institutions to create these subsystems, components and materials.