India To Seek Israeli Help on Missile Projects

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India should just let Israelis make their missiles. :hehe:


India To Seek Israeli Help on Missile Projects
Sept 23, 2003
By VIVEK RAGHUVANSHI, NEW DELHI


A six-member Indian team headed by the chief of the government’s defense research agency will make an unpublicized visit to Israel next week to seek technical help with several indigenous missile development programs.

Officials in the Indian Defence Ministry told DefenseNews.com Sept. 23 that the government does not wish to make Indo-Israeli defense relations public and refused to divulge the exact schedule and agenda of the visit.

A senior missile scientist at the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) said the visit by DRDO head Vasudev Aatre to Israel is aimed at establishing deeper collaboration by seeking help in development of the 3,000-kilometer range Agni-3 ballistic missile. DRDO also will seek Israel’s help in fine-tuning the new inertial navigation system for the indigenous, short-range, sea-skimming Dhanush missile, which DRDO has developed for the Indian Navy.

Other indigenous missile projects DRDO officials will discuss with Israel include the short-range Astra, and a possible anti-missile system based on the Israeli Arrow-2 that would be tailored to Indian needs.

DRDO scientists noted that Aatre had a two-hour private meeting with Amos Mayer, Israeli Ministry of Defense export chief, Sept. 9 during a visit by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to New Delhi.

Meanwhile, an Indian Army artillery team is in Israel to witness trials of the Israeli Long Range Artillery missile.



soooooooooooooooo much for DRDO. :roll
 
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A six-member Indian team headed by the chief of the government’s defense research agency will make an unpublicized visit to Israel next week to seek technical help with several indigenous missile development programs.
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Well, if we're reading about it, it isn't exactly unpublicized, is it?
 
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Just wanted to add to the sources... latest:

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Israeli help for missile programme

PTI - MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2003
NEW DELHI: To speed up the country’s missile programme hit by time overrun and technology denial, India is turning to Israel to update the programme as well as revive some other hi-tech systems.

The cooperation sought, officials said, would be on both short range missile like sea-skimmimg Danush slated to be ready for induction to a new innertial navigation system (INS) and for longer range missiles like the 3000 km range Agni III, wating to be test fired.

Also on the card, officials said, would be joint collaboration to revive the extremely complex multi-target surface to air missile.

A high level Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) delegation headed by its head Dr V K Atre is leaving early next month on a week long visit to Israel to seek what officials termed as “Israeli collaboration in updating the missile programmeâ€.

The visit assumes significance as the country’s major missile programme including the crucial Pak-centric short range surface to surface 700 km range Agni I and surface to air Aakash missiles are yet to be inducted.

The visit would be a follow up discussion on negotiations already held here with high level Israeli delegation led by Tel Aviv’s ministry of Defence Exports chief Major General Amos Mayer during the recent visit of Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon here.

Besides negotiations on missiles, the delegation would also take up discussions on Indo-Israeli joint ventures in the production of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) and electronic warfare and flight control systems for indegeneous LCA.

According to experts, India uses the strap-down INS guidance, which is reportedly said to be unsuitable for long range missiles as it could lead to inaccuracies.

Sources said acquisition of INS technology from outside was a high priority for the ministry of defence.

The other missile which would figure in the talks in Tel Aviv, sources said, could be the revival of the indigeneous surface to air Trishul missile.

The missile with a multi-target capability was being tested by DRDO in the anti-missile configuration but was put on the back burner following technological denial and failure in a number of test firings.

The missile is being developed for both surface to air and naval applications but recently after a lot of rectification the DRDO carried out a number of successful test firing of the missile as technical demonstration for cretain key sub-systems.

India has been on the look out for anti missile system and is seeking to purchase the US-Israel Arrow system. New Delhi has earlier evinced inetrest in the Russian S-300 missile system.

The Arrow system is still on the technology deomonstration stage and India has been invited to a series of international demonstration carried out by the US for its allies.

India, official sources said, had also sought from the US defence department technical information on the Patriot, the US anti-missile system already operational.

On the UAV, officials said the government has given the go ahead for joint collaboration with Israel and the delegation is likely to firm up arrangement before seeking CCS clearance for the deal.

Indian armed forces have already inducted the Isreaali searcher, its upgraded version Searcher Mark II and Heron UAV which are being put to use with lethal effect to check infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir.


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