Nag Missile to be tested by Indian Army in July
By Frontier India | July 8th, 2008 | Category: Defence Research and Development, Indian Army News | No Comments »
The summer trials of NAG Anti-Tank missile will be carried out by the Indian Army by this July end. These trials will be the final trials to decide the induction of the missiles. The third generation, hit-to-kill anti-tank missile may be inducted into the Army by the year-end or early next year depending upon the completion of the user trials. The user trials will involve missiles would be fired against static and moving targets. NAG Missile has a range of 4 kilometers.
NAG missile is equipped with imaging infrared seeker (IIR), lock-on-before launch (LOBL) capability with the seeker tracking the target prior its launch. The missile,can be operated day or night and has top-attack capability.
Astra air to air missile is scheduled to be launched by the end of August this year. The Astra missile will be launched from ground based launcher. The missile will be fitted with a dummy seeker. An external radar will guide the missile to its Electronic Target. This test will verify all the characteristics of the missile except the seeker capability.
By September end the anti-ballistic missiles will be tested. The exo and endo atmospheric missiles may be tested in tandem. Earlier, these anti-ballistic missiles have been tested individually.
