Rudram-1 Missile

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About Rudram-1 Missile:

It is an Air – to surface missile developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation.
It is integrated with the IAF’s Sukhoi-30MKI fighter jets which serves as the launch platform.
Features
- It is India’s first indigenous anti-radiation missile.
- It features Inertial Navigation Systems (INS)-GPS navigation and a Passive Homing Head for final attack, allowing it to accurately hit radiation-emitting targets.
- INS-GPS navigation provides a technological edge, enabling accurate targeting over a wide range of frequencies.
- Range: The missile can be launched from varying altitudes, ranging from 500 meters to 15 kilometers, and has a range of up to 250 kilometers depending on the launch conditions.
- Speed: Up to Mach 2
- This flexibility allows the IAF to adapt to different operational scenarios, enhancing its combat effectiveness.
- This precision is crucial for Suppression of Enemy Air Defence (SEAD) operations, enabling the destruction of enemy radars and communication sites from long standoff ranges.

It is a self-contained navigation technique in which measurements provided by accelerometers and gyroscopes are used to track the position and orientation of an object relative to a known starting point, orientation and velocity.

Source: India successfully test-fires new generation anti-radiation missile ‘Rudram-1’