An anti-radiation missile (ARM) is a missile designed to detect and home in on an enemy radio emission source. Typically, these are designed for use against an enemy radar, although jammers and even radios used for communications can also be targeted in this manner. And India said to have developed a world-class missile that homes the enemy radar at 200 Kilometres range with pinpoint accuracy.
If this doesn’t set the alarm bells ringing in Pakistan and China! Then nothing could.
Meet India’s golden arrow the Rudram, Anti Radiation Missile. Rūdram, meaning remover of sorrows; namesake Rudra, project previously referred to s DRDO Anti-Radiation Missile (ARM) or new generation anti-radiation missile (NARM) is an air-to-surface anti-radiation missile in development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India. The Rudram-1 is an air-to-surface anti-radiation missile in development by the Defence Research and Development Organisation of India.
Previously it was just speculated to have a range of about 100 kilometers. But now the official figures are out and it must send shock waves across Pakistan and China.
Indigenously developed RUDRAM -1 Missiles are said to have a whopping 200 KM range. Double the range than previously speculated by the world community. Which will bring all the strategic radars in place against India near its borders with China and Pakistan.
According to the report, the plan is to make the missile a part of the Air Force by 2022 after conducting six to seven more tests. The missile’s passive homing head can detect, classify and engage targets over a wide band of frequencies as programmed.
DRDO is planning to bring further software improvements to handle a larger variety of targets under various operational conditions while developing a separate ground-based variant to be launched from mobile launcher.
The Captive Flight Trial–1 (CFT–1) of DRDO ARM was completed on April/May 2016 by No. 20 Squadron of IAF which checked the performance of seeker, navigation and control system, structural capability and aerodynamic vibrations while the Drop Flight Trial (DFT) was completed by December 2016 with the missile released by Sukhoi Su-30MKI at a speed of 0.8 Mach, from 6.5 km altitude.
Further carriage flight test was carried out to check mechanical/electrical integration as well as software interfacing of the missile before the maiden flight on 18 January 2018, where the missile was successfully flight tested for the first time on parametres such as auto-launch sequence, store separation, control guidance, aerodynamics, thermal batteries, airframe and propulsion without a seeker which were all proven successful.
On 25 January 2019, NGARM was fired from a Sukhoi Su-30MKI over Bay of Bengal off the coast of Odisha that hit the designated target with a high degree of accuracy.
The missile achieved an accuracy within 10 m CEP covering a range of 100 km. The developmental test proved the performance of seeker, structural integrity of the missile, correct functioning of navigation and control system while validation of aerodynamic capability.
The missile can strike at distances double the intended range depending upon the altitude. NGARM will further undergo series of carriage and release flight trials to check the performance of seekers against a different range of targets.
Source Social Media, DRDO, ANI
