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Army to Carry Out Nag, NAMICA Trials

The Army will carry out the last round of trials of the anti-tank Nag missile and specially designed carrier NAMICA on July 2 in the Mahajn desert firing range in Rajasthan. The induction of the land-based 'top attack and fire and forget' Nag missiles was supposed to have been done in 2011 but it was delayed with the Army seeking modifications in NAMICA. Each NAMICA can carry 12 missiles, eight of them in ready-to-fire mode. "We are going to try the NAMICA and Nag for apparently for the last time before their induction into operational service," army sources said to defencenow.com. Read More...

Nag ATGM with a Modified Launch System to be Tested In June

India will be putting to test the Nag anti-tank guided missile and its launch system NAMICA in the deserts of Rajasthan this June. According to Mr Avinash Chander, Chief Controller (Missiles & Strategic Systems), DRDO, the Nag missile, which has a range of four kilometres, would be tested for its full range, two kilometers and a minimum of 500 metres. Besides the missile, NAMICA, the Nag missile carrier built for the Indian Army, will also be put through test in Rajasthan. Read More...

India Enters Exclusive Club Of Nations By Developing Autonomous Underwater Vehicle And Seeker Technology For Missiles

India has successfully developed two crucial defence capabilities which signals its entry into an exclusive club of nations with such indigenous technology. The first achievement is the development of an indigenous autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) by state-run DRDO which will aid in maritime security and the other is an RF (radio frequency) seeker which was successfully flight-tested in anti-tank Nag missile by the Indian Army in Rajasthan. Read More...

Advanced Anti-Tank Guided Missiles Fray

To provide a lethal adge to the armed forces, India is in the process of equipping the weaponised version of the indigenously-developed Advanced Light Helicopter 'Dhruv' with advanced anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs) for which European and Israeli firms are in the fray. The programmer is part of the project to develop a weaponries version of the HAL-built helicopter. Read More...

DRDO Developing Helina Missile for Dhruv ALH

In a first of its kind, India is planning to develop an indigenous missile called HELINA which is to be deployed in the weaponized version of the Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopoter (ALH). The state-owned Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) expects to be ready with this missile by 2013. 

The HELINA, abbreviation for helicopter-launched Nag missile, will be an air-to-ground version of the Nag missile which will be integrated into the... Read More...
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